Notable Nonfiction Authors
By Charles Spradlin.
[Herbert Zimm]
[Isaac Asimov]
[Jean Fritz]
[S. H. Burchard]
[David Macaulay]
Herbert Zimm
Zimm and Western/Golden
Publishing Company have
produced a Golden Guide to just about everything under the sun. Although
not specifically designed as a children's resource, the simple text and
color illustrations in these works ensure that they see high circulation
where they appear in a children's library. He teamed with Lester Inge to
produce a Golden Guide to Sea Shores; with Hurst Shoemaker to
produce A Golden Guide to Fishes. With Clarence Cotter he wrote
the Golden Guide to Insects. The Golden Guide to Reptiles and
Amphibians was produced with the help of Hobert Smith. Smith went on
to do some work of his own on the subject. Zimm has also written
Golden Guides to birds, rocks and minerals, and weather.
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Isaac Asimov
Better known as a
pre-eminent writer of science
fiction, Isaac Asimov has written a series for Avon/Camelot entitled
How Did We Find Out About...? The work covers comets, outer space,
solar power, Antarctica, volcanoes and earth quakes. Asimov also wrote a
series on space related topics entitled Isaac Asimov's Library of the
Universe for the children's division of Gareth Stevens Publishing.
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Jean Fritz
Jean Fritz has established a
name in the biographical
field with such titles as Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? and
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?, both published by Coward.
Other famous Fritz biographies include books about John Hancock and
Patrick Henry.
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S. H.
Burchard
S. H. Burchard has
written a biographical work on
just about every superstar of every sport event you can think of. The
usual title for one of his books is Sports Star: (name here. His
books are published by Harcourt/Voyager.
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David Macaulay
Macaulay, like Asimov, has
achieved great success
in the field of nonfiction. He does a series of books on the planning and
construction of castles, cathedrals and Roman cities. These are heavily
illustrated and do a great job in bringing to light the immensity of these
human accomplishments. He has also produced one of the most entertaining
of all multi-topical informational books for children in The Way Things
Work. This work uses his illustrative talents and the helpf of a herd
of cartoon mammoths to explain the workings of simple machines and the
laws of fiction.
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