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'''Frances Temple''' (August 15, 1945 – July 5, 1995) was a primary school teacher, a writer of award-winning children's stories and young adult novels and an illustrator.
'''Frances Temple''' (August 15, 1945 – July 5, 1995) was a primary school teacher, a writer of award-winning children's stories and young adult novels and illustrator. Her carefully researched novels focus on the political and economic travails of young people across the globe. Her works have dealt with poverty and oppression in contemporary El Salvador, two novels cover strife in contemporary Haiti, one is a retelling of a folk tale from Jamaica and two novels — part of a projected trilogy — are set in the Middle Ages, in Spain and Morocco.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Frances Nolting Temple was born August 15, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia.<ref>[http://www.bookrags.com/biography/frances-temple-aya/ Frances Temple Biography, Bookrags.com]</ref> She grew up in Virginia, France, and Vietnam, as the daughter of former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam Frederick Nolting, Jr.<ref>Pearson, Richard. "Fredierik Nolting, Jr., Ex-Envoy to Vietnam, Dies." ''Washington Post.'' December 16, 1989. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/12/16/frederick-nolting-jr-ex-envoy-to-vietnam-dies/25b4efb8-51ff-4103-862f-41ac65a7ec1e/</ref> She served in the [[Peace Corps]] in Jamaica and Ethiopia from 1969–71.<ref>Peace Corps Writers. http://peacecorpswriters.org/pages/depts/resources/bibliog/bibt.html#Anchor-Frances-42424</ref> She died July 5, 1995 from a heart attack.
Frances Nolting Temple was born on August 15, 1945, in Washington, DC.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/frances-temple-aya/ |title=Frances Temple Biography |website=BookRags}}</ref> She grew up in Virginia, France and Vietnam as the daughter of the former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Frederick Nolting, Jr.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pearson |first=Richard |date=1989-12-16 |title=FREDERICK NOLTING JR., EX-ENVOY TO VIETNAM, DIES |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/12/16/frederick-nolting-jr-ex-envoy-to-vietnam-dies/25b4efb8-51ff-4103-862f-41ac65a7ec1e/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> She was in the [[Peace Corps]] in Jamaica and Ethiopia from 1969 to 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frances Nolting Temple (Jamaica, Ethiopia 1969–71) |url=http://peacecorpswriters.org/pages/depts/resources/bibliog/bibt.html#Anchor-Frances-42424 |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Peace Corps Writers}}</ref> She died on July 5, 1995, from a heart attack.


== Awards and recognition==
== Awards and recognition==
In 1993, ''Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti'' was awarded the [[Jane Addams Children's Book Award]] for a Book for Older Children.<ref>Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winners https://www.bookshare.org/browse/collection/194311?offset=50&</ref>
In 1993, ''Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti'' was awarded the [[Jane Addams Children's Book Award]] for a Book for Older Children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winners |website=Bookshare |url=https://www.bookshare.org/browse/collection/194311?offset=50& |access-date=2023-04-27}}</ref>


''Tonight, by Sea'' was the 1995 winner of The Americas Award, given by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).<ref>Bloem, Patricia L. Bookbird. “The Americas Award” Basel Vol. 44, Iss. 1, (2006): 41-44.</ref>
''Tonight, by Sea'' was the 1995 winner of The Americas Award, given by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bloem, Patricia L. |journal=Bookbird |title=The Americas Award |location=Basel |volume=44 |issue=1 |date=2006 |pages=41–44 |url=https://www.ibby.org/subnavigation/archives/flipbook?tx_archive_archivelist%5Baction%5D=show&tx_archive_archivelist%5Bcontroller%5D=Publication&tx_archive_archivelist%5Bpublication%5D=72&cHash=4264ef91bb234f1c4dc099ed94bf7e9a |accessdate=July 26, 2023}}</ref>


The Frances Nolting Temple Prize for Teaching was established in 1996 at [[Hobart and William Smith Colleges]] "to recognize her dedication to teaching, children, and the human spirit." <ref>Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections. https://hwslibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16757coll12/id/9426/</ref>
The Frances Nolting Temple Prize for Teaching was established in 1996 at [[Hobart and William Smith Colleges]] "to recognize her dedication to teaching, children, and the human spirit".<ref>{{Cite book |title=2000-2002 Catalogue |chapter=Endowed Funds and Awards |url=https://hwslibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16757coll12/id/9426/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |publisher=Hobart and William Smith Colleges |page=297}}</ref>


== Books ==
== Books ==
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* Charles A. Temple, Ruth Nathan, Frances Temple, ''The Beginnings of Writing'' (1993)
* Charles A. Temple, Ruth Nathan, Frances Temple, ''The Beginnings of Writing'' (1993)
* Frances Temple, ''[[The Ramsay Scallop]]'' (1994)
* Frances Temple, ''[[The Ramsay Scallop]]'' (1994)
* Frances Temple, ''Tiger Soup, An [[Anansi]] Story from [[Jamaica]]'' (1994)<ref>Martinez, Miriam and Marcia F. Nash. Bookalogues--Tiger Soup by Frances Temple. ''Language Arts,'' (72)4, (Apr 1995): 297.</ref>
* Frances Temple, ''Tiger Soup: An [[Anansi]] Story from [[Jamaica]]'' (1994)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Martinez, Miriam |author2=Marcia F. Nash |title=Bookalogues--Tiger Soup by Frances Temple |journal=Language Arts |volume=72 |number=4 |date=April 1995 |page=297}}</ref>
* Frances Temple, ''[[Tonight, by Sea]]'' (1995)<ref>Freeman, Evelyn B; Lehman, Barbara A; Scharer, Patricia L. "Tonight by Sea." ''The Reading Teacher;'' (50)5, (Feb 1997): 426-427.</ref>
* Frances Temple, ''[[Tonight, by Sea]]'' (1995)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Freeman, Evelyn B |author2=Lehman, Barbara A |author3=Scharer, Patricia L. |title=Tonight by Sea |journal=The Reading Teacher |volume=50 |number=5 |date=February 1997 |pages=426–427}}</ref>
* Frances Temple, ''The Beduins' Gazelle'' (1996)<ref name=kirkus-posssum>{{Cite web|title=The Beduins’ Gazelle (Starred review) |work=Kirkus Reviews|date=March 15, 1996|url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/frances-temple-3/the-beduins-gazelle-2/|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref><ref>Kuntz, Patricia S. 1997. Kuntz on Temple, “The Beduins” Gazelle’. ''Humanities and Social Science Online.'' https://networks.h-net.org/node/24339/reviews/25410/kuntz-temple-beduins-gazelle. (19 November, 2022).</ref><ref>Randall, Don. (2010). Empire and Children’s Literature: Changing Patterns of Cross-Cultural Perspective. ''Children's Literature in Education'' 41, 28–39.</ref>
* Frances Temple, ''The Beduins' Gazelle'' (1996)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Beduins' Gazelle (Starred review) |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=March 15, 1996 |url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/frances-temple-3/the-beduins-gazelle-2/ |access-date=17 November 2022}}<br>- {{Cite web |title=Kuntz on Temple, 'The Beduins' Gazelle' |website=H-AfrTeach |url=https://networks.h-net.org/node/24339/reviews/25410/kuntz-temple-beduins-gazelle |access-date=2023-04-27}}<br>- {{cite journal |author=Randall, Don |date=2010 |title=Empire and Children s Literature: Changing Patterns of Cross-Cultural Perspective |journal=Children's Literature in Education |volume=41 |number=41 |pages=28–39|doi=10.1007/s10583-009-9094-z }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:20th-century American writers]]
[[Category:20th-century American writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Writers from Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:American women writers of young adult literature]]




Latest revision as of 04:55, 16 August 2024

Frances Temple (August 15, 1945 – July 5, 1995) was a primary school teacher, a writer of award-winning children's stories and young adult novels and illustrator. Her carefully researched novels focus on the political and economic travails of young people across the globe. Her works have dealt with poverty and oppression in contemporary El Salvador, two novels cover strife in contemporary Haiti, one is a retelling of a folk tale from Jamaica and two novels — part of a projected trilogy — are set in the Middle Ages, in Spain and Morocco.

Biography

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Frances Nolting Temple was born on August 15, 1945, in Washington, DC.[1] She grew up in Virginia, France and Vietnam as the daughter of the former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Frederick Nolting, Jr.[2] She was in the Peace Corps in Jamaica and Ethiopia from 1969 to 1971.[3] She died on July 5, 1995, from a heart attack.

Awards and recognition

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In 1993, Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti was awarded the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for a Book for Older Children.[4]

Tonight, by Sea was the 1995 winner of The Americas Award, given by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).[5]

The Frances Nolting Temple Prize for Teaching was established in 1996 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges "to recognize her dedication to teaching, children, and the human spirit".[6]

Books

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References

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  1. ^ Frances Temple Biography. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Pearson, Richard (December 16, 1989). "FREDERICK NOLTING JR., EX-ENVOY TO VIETNAM, DIES". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Frances Nolting Temple (Jamaica, Ethiopia 1969–71)". Peace Corps Writers. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winners". Bookshare. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Bloem, Patricia L. (2006). "The Americas Award". Bookbird. 44 (1). Basel: 41–44. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  6. ^ "Endowed Funds and Awards". 2000-2002 Catalogue. Hobart and William Smith Colleges. p. 297. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  7. ^ Ammon, Bette DeBruyne and Gale W. Sherman. 1999.“Temple, Frances. Grab Hands and Run.” More Rip-roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers. Libraries Unlimited. Pp. 53-55.
  8. ^ Martinez, Miriam; Marcia F. Nash (April 1995). "Bookalogues--Tiger Soup by Frances Temple". Language Arts. 72 (4): 297.
  9. ^ Freeman, Evelyn B; Lehman, Barbara A; Scharer, Patricia L. (February 1997). "Tonight by Sea". The Reading Teacher. 50 (5): 426–427.
  10. ^ "The Beduins' Gazelle (Starred review)". Kirkus Reviews. March 15, 1996. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
    - "Kuntz on Temple, 'The Beduins' Gazelle'". H-AfrTeach. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
    - Randall, Don (2010). "Empire and Children s Literature: Changing Patterns of Cross-Cultural Perspective". Children's Literature in Education. 41 (41): 28–39. doi:10.1007/s10583-009-9094-z.
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