Lenore look biography for kids

Personal

Born in Seattle, WA. Education:Princeton University, bachelor's degree, 1984.

Career

Journalist and author. Worked as a journalist for L.A.

Times, and Trenton Times, Trenton, NJ.

Awards, Honors

Notable Book for Children selection, Smithsonian magazine, 2001, for Henry's First-Moon Birthday; Manoa Award for Best American Essays, 2001, for "Facing the Village"; Notable Resources selection, Young-Adult Library Services Association, 2007, for both Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding and Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything.

Writings

Love as Strong as Ginger, illustrated by Stephen T.

Johnson, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1999.

Henry's First-Moon Birthday, illustrated by Yumi Heo, Atheneum (New York, NY), 2001.

Ruby Lu, Brave and True, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf, Atheneum (New York, NY), 2004.

Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf, Atheneum (New York, NY), 2006.

Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding, illustrated