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	All About Patricia Reilly Giff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Patricia Reilly Giff has a husband named Jim and she has 3 children named Jim, Bill, and Alice.
		Patricia's hobbies are sitting on the beach, wearing her bathrobe, and reading in the bathtub.
		Giff's education is she wrote books for 4-6 grade levels, taught for 20 years before she wrote a story and she is a member of the childrens book society.
	www.vita-learn.org /rs/giff.html (131 words)

	Educational Paperback Association
		Patricia Reilly Giff is a native New Yorker who earned her B.A. from Marymount College and M.A. from St. John's University.
		Giff received an Honorary Doctorate from her alma mater, Hofstra University in 1990 where she received a professional diploma in reading in 1975.
		In 1998, Giff received a Newbery Honor for Lily's Crossing, a story set during World War II about two friends, one of whom is a Hungarian refugee and the impact of the war's events on their lives.
	www.edupaperback.org /showauth.cfm?authid=30 (692 words)

	BookPage Interview November 2004: Patricia Reilly Giff
		Not so Patricia Reilly Giff, who deliberately and gracefully combines elements of her family history with fictional threads of plot, people and place.
		Says Giff, "Dina died a few years before I was born, but everyone would refer to her as the heart of our family.
		In fact, says Giff, "Dina's sampler, which she did at age eight, was the only thing that survived her trip from Germany to Brooklyn.
	www.bookpage.com /0411bp/patricia_reilly_giff.html (678 words)

	PW: On the Road with Patricia Reilly Giff - 4/27/1998 - Publishers Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Giff skillfully interweaves colorful details of the homefront situation that lend immediacy to the story, while focusing on a friendship that develops between Lily and a Hungarian refugee boy.
		Giff said she sees this as part of a phenomenon of bringing generations together through literature.
		In her travels, Giff said she found this to be true because of the wide range of people who attended her signings.
	publishersweekly.com /article/CA165586.html?pubdate=4/27/1998&... (865 words)

	USM de Grummond Collection - PATRICIA REILLY GIFF PAPERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Material was donated by Patricia Reilly Giff from 1980-1984.
		Patricia Reilly Giff was born on April 26, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York.
		Giff and her son, Jim opened a children's bookstore in 1990 called "The Dinosaur's Paw," after a "Polk Street School" book that she wrote in 1986.
	www.lib.usm.edu /~degrum/html/research/findaids/giff,pr.htm (825 words)

	Juvenile Books Author of the Month
		Patricia Reilly Giff was born on April 26, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York to William J. Reilly and his wife Alice Tiernan (Moeller) Reilly.
		Giff often read the same things her mother had read as a child, such as the classics, mythology, and fairy tales.
		Giff also loved to sit with her father when she was younger as he would read aloud some of the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, such as Hiawatha and Evangeline.
	www.yourlibrary.ws /childrens_webpage/j-author.htm (2211 words)

	Children's Literature: Meet Authors & Illustrators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Patricia Reilly Giff entertained an audience at the Towson State University Children's Literature Festival by reading excerpts from the letters she gets from her fans.
		Patricia Reilly Giff keeps the children's stories in separate, alternating, chapters, maintaining a state of suspense as to whether the family members will in fact be able to find one another after all.
		Patricia Reilly Giff is also is a master of the use of imagery.
	www.childrenslit.com /f_giff.html (5070 words)

	Multnomah County Library 2005 Children's Author Lecture
		Patricia Reilly Giff has received the Newbery Honor for Pictures of Hollis Woods and Lily's Crossing, which is also a Boston Globe—Horn Book Honor Book.
		Giff loved reading so much that while growing up, her sister had to grab books out of her hands to get Giff to pay attention to her; later, Giff's three children often found themselves doing the same thing.
		In 1990, Giff combined her two greatest loves--children's books and her family--and, with her husband and her children, opened The Dinosaur's Paw, a children's bookstore named after one of her Kids of the Polk Street School novels.
	www.multcolib.org /kids/lecture/giff.html (742 words)

	Kidsreads.com - MAGGIE'S DOOR by Patricia Reilly Giff
		In his adventures, he makes a great discovery that leads him to a new goal in life as he decides that he is going to learn how to read and will have a book of his own one day.
		Patricia Reilly Giff keeps the children's stories separate, alternating chapters and maintaining a sense of suspense as to whether or not the family members will find one another.
		Giff's graphic description of the horrors of the famine makes her story very powerful.
	www.kidsreads.com /reviews/0385326580.asp (428 words)

	Patricia Reilly Giff
		Six of Giff’s eight grandparents lived through the potato blight of 1845, and she wanted to figure out what they went through.
		Although Giff had a mild case of polio that wasn’t actually diagnosed until years later, she vividly remembers the fear and uncertainty surrounding the disease.
		It’s like breathing to me.” Typically, Giff writes in her Weston, Connecticut home for two hours in the morning and returns to bed for a decadent breakfast-in-bed.
	www.patriciamnewman.com /giff.html (606 words)

	Kidsreads.com - Patricia Reilly Giff
		Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of the Newbery Honor Books LILY'S CROSSING and PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS.
		Kidsreads.com's Wiley Saichek talks with Patricia Reilly Giff about her latest novel MAGGIE'S DOOR, the companion to NORY RYAN'S SONG.
		Giff describes the research she conducted for both books and offers helpful advice to young people who would like to learn more about their family's background.
	www.kidsreads.com /authors/au-giff-patricia-reilly.asp (1168 words)

	eBay - books patricia reilly ..., Nory Ryan's Song, Children's Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Clue at the Zoo by Patricia Reilly Giff (1990) Paperbac
		A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff (2004)
		In the Dinosaur's Paw by Patricia Reilly Giff (1992)
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=books+patricia+reilly+... (441 words)

	Amazon.com: Maggie's Door: Books: Patricia Reilly Giff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Giff's descriptive language and detailed descriptions enable children to visualize the countryside and events along the way.
		A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff
		Patricia Giff makes it feel as though one was actually there.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385900953?v=glance (1696 words)

	Teachers@Random
		In 1990, Giff combined her two greatest loves—children’s books and her family—and, with her husband and her children, opened The Dinosaur’s Paw, a children’s bookstore named after one of her Kids of the Polk Street School novels.
		Fans of Giff’s Kids of the Polk Street School series who are ready to tackle a more challenging book will love this funny, sad, but reassuring story.
		“Giff brings the landscape and the cultural particulars of the era vividly to life and creates in Nory a heroine to cheer for.
	www.randomhouse.com /teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=10018 (2431 words)

	NORY RYAN'S SONG by Patricia Reilly Giff
		Newbery-Award winner Patricia Reilly Giff chooses this horrific period between 1845-1852 as the setting for her latest novel.
		Giff doesn't gloss over one gritty detail of a daily life where starvation seems imminent.
		When 12-year-old Nory Ryan's family first settled on Maidin Bay generations ago, they owned the land they lived on and the house they built; the house that her family still lives in.
	www.teenreads.com /reviews/0385321414.asp (502 words)

	Patricia Reilly Giff
		And people say that anywhere else Grandpa would be turned in because he’s German, and people might think he’s a spy.
		Patricia Reilly Giff takes a look at a family in war time in her latest book.
		Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of the Polk Street School books and the Polka Dot Private Eye books, and a two-time recipient of the Newbery Honor for Lily’s Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods.
	www.randomhouse.com /features/patriciareillygiff (229 words)

	Patricia Reilly Giff
		Abstract: Narrates author Patricia Reilly Giff's launching of The Dinosaur's Paw children's bookstore in Fairfield, Connecticut.
		Giff's family as the owners; Help and support from friends; Insights gained from owning a bookstore.
		Abstract: Patricia Reilly Giff talks about her inspirations and shares some of her favorite writing spots.
	reading.indiana.edu /ieo/bibs/giff.html (1008 words)

	Amazon.com: Purple Climbing Days (Kids of the Polk Street School): Books: Patricia Reilly Giff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Giff writes about the concerns of second and third graders with a sure hand.
		Giff successfully emphasizes with a common fear of elementary students--I never scrounged up the courage to climb the ropes at my elementary school--and I may go back some day to do so.
		While I see where Giff is coming from; points off for the "cliche" of bad school lunches, and mean substitute teachers.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440473098?v=glance (1086 words)

	Patricia Reilly Giff - 2005 National Book Festival (Library of Congress) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Patricia Reilly Giff - 2005 National Book Festival (Library of Congress)
		Patricia Reilly Giff, the author of more than 60 books for children, wanted to write from the first time she picked up a book and read as a child.
		She was a teacher for 20 years before writing her first book.
	www.loc.gov /bookfest/giff.html (120 words)

	CBC Magazine: Meet the Author/Illustrator: Patricia Reilly Giff
		Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of many books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eyes books.
		Her novels for middle-grade readers include Lily's Crossing, a Newbery Honor Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, and Nory Ryan's Song, an ALA Notable Book, a Best Book for Young Adults, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book.
		To contact this author or illustrator, please use the information for his or her publisher provided on our list of CBC member publishers.
	www.cbcbooks.org /cbcmagazine/meet/patricia_reilly_giff.html (709 words)

	Patricia Reilly Giff Teacher Resource File
		Internet School Library Media Center Patricia Reilly Giff page.
		For other children's authors, see Children's Authors and Illustrators.
		By Patricia Reilly Giff and Others in Instructor, Sept. 1985.
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/giff.htm (117 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Patricia Reilly Giff
		Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Patricia Reilly Giff
		I want them to make the connection that books are people’s stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories.
		Patricia Reilly Giff has recieved the Newbery Honor for Pictures of Hollis Woods and Lily’s Crossing, which is also a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=10018 (1561 words)

	Patricia Reilly Giff Online Resources - Children's Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Patricia Reilly Giff Online Resources - Children's Books
		A bare-bones list of suggested activities to follow "Lily´s Crossing," including vocabulary, constellation lesson and writing activities.
		If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art257.asp (142 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Maggie's Door by Patricia Reilly Giff
		Fictionwise eBooks: Maggie's Door by Patricia Reilly Giff
		Maggie's Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination--the home of Nory's sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America.
		Patricia Reilly Giff calls upon her long research into Irish history and her great powers as a storyteller in this deeply involving, riveting stand-alone companion novel to Nory Ryan's Song.
	www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook17091.htm (622 words)

	Pictures of Hollis Woods - Patricia Reilly Giff book review summary
		Who's been is so many fosture homes she almost can't remeber them all?
		Hollis Woods is a touching story that you never want to stop reading.
		I loved Hollis would and I think Patricia Reilly Giff has done it again with this Neberry Award winner.
	www.buildingrainbows.com /bookreview/reviewid/11945 (133 words)

	The Yearling (Aladdin Classics) - Foreword-Patricia Reilly Giff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Yearling (Aladdin Classics) - Foreword-Patricia Reilly Giff
		The Yearling (Aladdin Classics) by Foreword-Patricia Reilly Giff
		Note: Cover may not represent actual copy or condition available
	www.biblio.com /books/isbnnu/45907233.html (213 words)

	Talk With Patricia Reilly Giff, A (K1446) - libraryvideo.com
		Talk With Patricia Reilly Giff, A (K1446) - libraryvideo.com
		Noted children's author Patricia Reilly Giff discusses her life, writing and adventures in this informative program, hosted by Tim Podell.
		Griff discusses her inspirations and shares some of her favorite writing spots, before reading from her book, Fourth Grade Celebrity and taking a tour of her own bookstore.
	www.libraryvideo.com /servlet/viajero/product/K1446 (91 words)

	Maggie's Door - Patricia Reilly Giff - Adobe Reader PDF eBook
		Maggie's Door - Patricia Reilly Giff - Adobe Reader PDF eBook
		Home > eBook Categories > Young Adults > Fiction > Adobe Reader PDF eBooks > Patricia Reilly Giff > Maggie's Door
		The eBook club is continually growing with more eBooks added frequently.
	www.ebookmall.com /ebook/123398-ebook.htm (628 words)

	"Tracy's Book Nook - Author: Patricia Reilly Giff" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"Tracy's Book Nook - Author: Patricia Reilly Giff"
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