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'''Albert Sidney Fleischman''' (born '''Avron Zalmon Fleischman'''; March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010) was an [[American people|American]] author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage [[magic (illusion)|magic]]. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the [[Newbery Medal]] in 1987 for ''[[The Whipping Boy]]''<ref name=newbery/> and the [[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]] in 1979 for ''Humbug Mountain''.<ref name=bghb/> For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] in 1994.<ref name=ibby-nominee/> In 2003, the [[Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators]] inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults.<ref name=Award/> He told his own tale in ''The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life'' (1996).<ref name="Fleischman 1998">{{cite book |last=Fleischman|first=Sid |title=The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life |url=https://archive.org/details/abracadabrakidwr00flei|url-access=registration|year=1998}}</ref><ref name=LAT/>
'''Albert Sidney Fleischman''' (born '''Avron Zalmon Fleischman'''; March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010) was an [[American people|American]] author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage [[magic (illusion)|magic]]. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the [[Newbery Medal]] in 1987 for ''[[The Whipping Boy]]''<ref name=newbery/> and the [[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]] in 1979 for ''Humbug Mountain''.<ref name=bghb/> For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] in 1994.<ref name=ibby-nominee/> In 2003, the [[Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators]] inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults.<ref name=Award/> He told his own tale in ''The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life'' (1996).<ref name="Fleischman 1998">{{cite book |last=Fleischman|first=Sid |title=The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life |url=https://archive.org/details/abracadabrakidwr00flei|url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=Beech Tree Books |isbn=9780688158552 }}</ref><ref name=LAT/>


==Early years==
==Early years==


Fleischman was born '''Avron Zalmon Fleischman''' in [[Brooklyn]], New York in 1920. His parents were of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian origin]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Fleischman|first=Sid|title=Чарівна ферма пана Мак-Брума|publisher=Грані-Т|year=2012|isbn=978-966-465-366-1|location=Передмова|pages=Передмова}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZmyWXI09kPJDlM-4nlardFoFbWut1Wd3/view?usp=embed_facebook|title=mak_broom_peredmova.jpg|website=Google Docs|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref> and moved the family to [[San Diego]], California when Fleischman was two years old. As a youngster, he beheld his first [[stage magic]] performance, launching a lifelong fascination that would find a place in many of his books. He learned magic from library books and the local fraternity of magicians, inventing new tricks along the way. He began performing professionally while still in high school, touring California with his friend Buddy Ryan, performing in [[nightclub]]s, and traveling the country with the Francisco Spook Show during the last days of vaudeville.
Fleischman was born '''Avron Zalmon Fleischman''' in [[Brooklyn]], New York in 1920. His parents were [[Ukrainian Jewish|Ukrainian Jews]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2010/03/houdini-biographer-sid-fleischman-dies.html?m=1 | title=Sid Fleischman dies at 90 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Fleischman|first=Sid|title=Чарівна ферма пана Мак-Брума|publisher=Грані-Т|year=2012|isbn=978-966-465-366-1|location=Передмова|pages=Передмова}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZmyWXI09kPJDlM-4nlardFoFbWut1Wd3/view?usp=embed_facebook|title=mak_broom_peredmova.jpg|website=Google Docs|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref> and moved the family to [[San Diego]], California when Fleischman was two years old. As a youngster, he beheld his first [[stage magic]] performance, launching a lifelong fascination that would find a place in many of his books. He learned magic from library books and the local fraternity of magicians, inventing new tricks along the way. He began performing professionally while still in high school, touring California with his friend Buddy Ryan, performing in [[nightclub]]s, and traveling the country with the Francisco Spook Show during the last days of vaudeville.


In 1941 Fleischman joined the [[U.S. Navy Reserve]]. He served as a [[Yeoman (United States Navy)|Yeoman]] aboard the [[destroyer escort]] [[USS Albert T. Harris]] with service near the Philippines, Borneo, and China.<ref>Ruffin, Frances E. ''Meet Sid Fleischman'' The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 15 Jul 2005</ref><ref>https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/american-art-biographies/sid-fleischman</ref> until 1946. He graduated from [[San Diego State University]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1949.
In 1941 Fleischman joined the [[U.S. Navy Reserve]]. He served as a [[Yeoman (United States Navy)|Yeoman]] aboard the [[destroyer escort]] [[USS Albert T. Harris]] with service near the Philippines, Borneo, and China.<ref>Ruffin, Frances E. ''Meet Sid Fleischman'' The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 15 Jul 2005</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/american-art-biographies/sid-fleischman| title = Sid Fleischman {{!}} Encyclopedia.com}}</ref> until 1946. He graduated from [[San Diego State University]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1949.


==Career==
==Career==
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At 19, Fleischman published his first book, ''Between Cocktails'', a collection of magic tricks using paper matches. His college career at [[San Diego State College]] was interrupted by [[World War II]], during which he served on a [[destroyer escort]] in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific]]. After graduating with a degree in English, he worked as a reporter for the short-lived ''[[San Diego Daily Journal]]'',<ref>[http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/65october/newspapers.htm List of San Diego newspapers]: ''San Diego Daily Journal'' 1944–1947, 1950</ref><ref>Eisloeffel, Paul J. [http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/89fall/cold.htm "The Cold War and Harry Steinmetz: A Case of Loyalty and Legislation"], SanDiegoHistory.org.
At 19, Fleischman published his first book, ''Between Cocktails'', a collection of magic tricks using paper matches. His college career at [[San Diego State College]] was interrupted by [[World War II]], during which he served on a [[destroyer escort]] in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific]]. After graduating with a degree in English, he worked as a reporter for the short-lived ''[[San Diego Daily Journal]]'',<ref>[http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/65october/newspapers.htm List of San Diego newspapers]: ''San Diego Daily Journal'' 1944–1947, 1950</ref><ref>Eisloeffel, Paul J. [http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/89fall/cold.htm "The Cold War and Harry Steinmetz: A Case of Loyalty and Legislation"], SanDiegoHistory.org.
"The liberal ''San Diego Daily Journal'''s circulation was small and its life-span short (1944–50) compared to the area's major daily, the conservative ''San Diego Union''."</ref> covering everything from crime scenes to the political beat. After the newspaper folded, he turned to fiction. Drawing on his reporting experiences, his knowledge of magic, and his tour of the Pacific, he produced a series of novels of intrigue and adventure over the next 15 years, many set in the [[Far East]].<ref name="Fleischman 1998"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Sid Fleischman, Children's Author, Dies at 90 he wote over 60 books for adults and children
"The liberal ''San Diego Daily Journal'''s circulation was small and its life-span short (1944–50) compared to the area's major daily, the conservative ''San Diego Union''."</ref> covering everything from crime scenes to the political beat. After the newspaper folded, he turned to fiction. Drawing on his reporting experiences, his knowledge of magic, and his tour of the Pacific, he produced a series of novels of intrigue and adventure over the next 15 years, many set in the [[Far East]].<ref name="Fleischman 1998"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Sid Fleischman, Children's Author, Dies at 90 he wrote over 60 books for adults and children
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/books/25fleischman.html|accessdate=18 May 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 March 2010}}</ref> Nearly all have been recently reprinted in two-books-in-one format by Stark House Press.<ref>{{cite web|title=A.S. Fleischman|url=http://www.starkhousepress.com/fleischman.html|work=Stark House Press|accessdate=18 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609090348/http://www.starkhousepress.com/fleischman.html|archivedate=9 June 2011}}</ref>
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/books/25fleischman.html|accessdate=18 May 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 March 2010}}</ref> Nearly all have been recently reprinted in two-books-in-one format by Stark House Press.<ref>{{cite web|title=A.S. Fleischman|url=http://www.starkhousepress.com/fleischman.html|work=Stark House Press|accessdate=18 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609090348/http://www.starkhousepress.com/fleischman.html|archivedate=9 June 2011}}</ref>


When one of them--''Blood Alley''—caught the eye of director [[William Wellman]], he hired Fleischman to adapt it to the screen. This both led to a move to [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[California]], where Fleischman lived the rest of his life, and began a decades-long involvement with [[Hollywood]]. After ''Blood Alley'' was filmed, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall, Wellman used Fleischman on several other projects, including ''[[Lafayette Escadrille (film)|Lafayette Escadrille]]'', based on Wellman's own experiences as a [[World War I]] pilot. Fleischman adapted his own novel Fartington for the screen, released as ''[[The Deadly Companions]]'', the director Sam Peckinpah's first feature. Fleischman later worked on several projects with [[Kirk Douglas]], including ''[[Scalawag (film)|Scalawag]]''. For children, he wrote teleplays for "The Bloodhound Gang" segments of the educational ''3–2–1 Contact'' series, as well as the screenplay of ''[[The Whipping Boy]]'' (released as ''Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy'').<ref name="Fleischman 1998"/><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|title=Albert Sidney Fleischman|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281520/|work=IMDB}}</ref>
When one of them—''[[Blood Alley]]''—caught the eye of director [[William Wellman]], he hired Fleischman to adapt it to the screen. This both led to a move to [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[California]], where Fleischman lived the rest of his life, and began a decades-long involvement with [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]. After ''Blood Alley'' was filmed, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall, Wellman used Fleischman on several other projects, including ''[[Lafayette Escadrille (film)|Lafayette Escadrille]]'', based on Wellman's own experiences as a [[World War I]] pilot. Fleischman adapted his own novel ''Yellowleg'' for the screen, released as ''[[The Deadly Companions]]'', the director [[Sam Peckinpah|Sam Peckinpah's]] first feature. Fleischman later worked on several projects with [[Kirk Douglas]], including ''[[Scalawag (film)|Scalawag]]''. For children, he wrote teleplays for "The Bloodhound Gang" segments of the educational ''3–2–1 Contact'' series, as well as the screenplay of ''[[The Whipping Boy]]'' (released as ''Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy'').<ref name="Fleischman 1998"/><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|title=Albert Sidney Fleischman|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281520/|work=IMDB}}</ref>


===Books for children===
===Books for children===
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*''Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World'' (2010) <!-- the last three are too recent for ref name=jstor -->
*''Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World'' (2010) <!-- the last three are too recent for ref name=jstor -->


‡ For children and young adults.<ref name=jstor/>
‡ For children and young adults.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}


===Fiction for adults===
===Fiction for adults===
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*''Top Secrets'' (with Bob Gunther, 1947)
*''Top Secrets'' (with Bob Gunther, 1947)
* ''Magic Made Easy'', as Carl March (1953)
* ''Magic Made Easy'', as Carl March (1953)
* ''Mr. Mysterious's Secrets of Magic'' (1975); U.K. title, ''Secrets of Magic''<ref name=jstor/> ‡
* ''Mr. Mysterious's Secrets of Magic'' (1975); U.K. title, ''Secrets of Magic''{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} ‡
* ''The Charlatan's Handbook'' (1993) <!-- the four listings "with Bob Gunther" are not listed by ref name=jstor -->
* ''The Charlatan's Handbook'' (1993) <!-- the four listings "with Bob Gunther" are not listed by ref name=jstor -->


‡ For children and young adults.<ref name=jstor/>
‡ For children and young adults.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}


===Screenplays===
===Screenplays===
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''McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm'' (Chatto & Windus, 1972) was the U.K. edition of three early McBroom books, illustrated by [[Quentin Blake]], later published in the U.S. (1992).
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''Here Comes McBroom'' (Chatto & Windus, 1976) was the U.K. edition of three early McBroom books, illustrated by Quentin Blake, later published in the U.S. (1992). Source: jrank.
''Here Comes McBroom'' (Chatto & Windus, 1976) was the U.K. edition of three early McBroom books, illustrated by Quentin Blake, later published in the U.S. (1992).
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"Timeline", Jeri Freedman, ''Sid Fleischman'', The Rosen Publishing Group, 2004, pp. 73–76. Retrieved 2012-08-15 from [[Google books]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fVKZE2TQEd8C&pg=PA74].</ref>
"Timeline", Jeri Freedman, ''Sid Fleischman'', The Rosen Publishing Group, 2004, pp. 73–76. Retrieved 2012-08-15 from [[Google books]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fVKZE2TQEd8C&pg=PA74].</ref>
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[http://biography.jrank.org/pages/60/Fleischman-Albert-Sid-ney-1920-Carl-March-Max-Brindle.html#ixzz23dwHmehg "(Albert) Sid(ney) (Carl March Fleischman Max Brindle) (1920– ) ..."]. ''biography.jrank.org''. Retrieved 2012-08-15.</ref>
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{{cite news |title= Sid Fleischman dies at 90; Newbery Medal-winning children's writer|author= McLellan, Dennis|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date= March 21, 2010|url= http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/21/local/la-me-sid-fleischman21-2010mar21|accessdate=June 4, 2010}}</ref>
{{cite news |title= Sid Fleischman dies at 90; Newbery Medal-winning children's writer|author= McLellan, Dennis|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date= March 21, 2010|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-21-la-me-sid-fleischman21-2010mar21-story.html|access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref>


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[http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=14769&viewmode=fullscreen&scale=3.33&rotate=&page=105 "Candidates for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 1956–2002"]. ''The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002''. [[IBBY]]. [[Gyldendal]]. 2002. Pages 110–18. Hosted by [[Austrian Literature Online]] (literature.at). Retrieved 2013-07-17.</ref>
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Sid Fleischman
Fleischman in 1964
BornAvron Zalmon Fleischman
March 16, 1920
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 17, 2010(2010-03-17) (aged 90)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter, magician
EducationSan Diego State University (BA)
GenreChildren's literature, comic novels
SubjectStage magic
Notable awardsNewbery Medal
1987
Horn Book Award
1979
SpouseBetty Taylor (d. 1993)
Children
Website
sidfleischman.com

Albert Sidney Fleischman (born Avron Zalmon Fleischman; March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010) was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy[1] and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain.[2] For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994.[3] In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults.[4] He told his own tale in The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996).[5][6]

Early years

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Fleischman was born Avron Zalmon Fleischman in Brooklyn, New York in 1920. His parents were Ukrainian Jews[7][8][9] and moved the family to San Diego, California when Fleischman was two years old. As a youngster, he beheld his first stage magic performance, launching a lifelong fascination that would find a place in many of his books. He learned magic from library books and the local fraternity of magicians, inventing new tricks along the way. He began performing professionally while still in high school, touring California with his friend Buddy Ryan, performing in nightclubs, and traveling the country with the Francisco Spook Show during the last days of vaudeville.

In 1941 Fleischman joined the U.S. Navy Reserve. He served as a Yeoman aboard the destroyer escort USS Albert T. Harris with service near the Philippines, Borneo, and China.[10][11] until 1946. He graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1949.

Career

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Works for adults and the screen

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At 19, Fleischman published his first book, Between Cocktails, a collection of magic tricks using paper matches. His college career at San Diego State College was interrupted by World War II, during which he served on a destroyer escort in the Pacific. After graduating with a degree in English, he worked as a reporter for the short-lived San Diego Daily Journal,[12][13] covering everything from crime scenes to the political beat. After the newspaper folded, he turned to fiction. Drawing on his reporting experiences, his knowledge of magic, and his tour of the Pacific, he produced a series of novels of intrigue and adventure over the next 15 years, many set in the Far East.[5][14] Nearly all have been recently reprinted in two-books-in-one format by Stark House Press.[15]

When one of them—Blood Alley—caught the eye of director William Wellman, he hired Fleischman to adapt it to the screen. This both led to a move to Santa Monica, California, where Fleischman lived the rest of his life, and began a decades-long involvement with Hollywood. After Blood Alley was filmed, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall, Wellman used Fleischman on several other projects, including Lafayette Escadrille, based on Wellman's own experiences as a World War I pilot. Fleischman adapted his own novel Yellowleg for the screen, released as The Deadly Companions, the director Sam Peckinpah's first feature. Fleischman later worked on several projects with Kirk Douglas, including Scalawag. For children, he wrote teleplays for "The Bloodhound Gang" segments of the educational 3–2–1 Contact series, as well as the screenplay of The Whipping Boy (released as Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy).[5][16]

Books for children

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Using his three children as an audience for the first time, Fleischman wrote Mr. Mysterious & Company (1962), the adventures of a traveling magician's family in the old West.[17] It was the first of many children's books that would draw on his background in magic and his interest in history. By the Great Horn Spoon! mined the California Gold Rush and was turned into the movie The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin.[16] The Ghost in the Noonday Sun, Chancy and the Grand Rascal, Jingo Django, and Humbug Mountain (1965 to 1978) spun fiction from the facts of East Coast pirates, Ohio River rafting, American Gypsies, and traveling printers. His series of books about Josh McBroom and his family's amazing one-acre farm made use of American tall tales. Later works looked farther afield, from England (The Whipping Boy) to Asia (The White Elephant) to Mexico (The Dream Stealer). Finding nonfiction to his liking after completing his autobiography, The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996), Fleischman went on to produce biographies of Harry Houdini, Mark Twain, and Charlie Chaplin.[18]

Personal life

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Fleischman and his wife Betty, who died in 1993, had three children. His son Paul Fleischman followed him into the world of children's books.[19] They are the only parent and child who've both won the Newbery Medal, the venerable American Library Association award that annually recognizes the "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".[1]

Fleischman maintained an interest in magic all his life, hosting monthly meetings of Los Angeles magicians at his home, publishing occasional articles in magic journals, and summing up what he had learned in The Charlatan's Handbook (1993). For young magicians, he wrote Mr. Mysterious's Secrets of Magic (1975).

Fleischman's other interests included gardening, astronomy, hand-printing, radio, and classical guitar.

Fleischman died on March 17, 2010, one day after his 90th birthday.

Works

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Adaptations

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The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (Disney, 1967) is an adaptation of Fleischman's western novel By the Great Horn Spoon!, starring Roddy McDowell as Bullwhip Griffin.

Ghost in the Noonday Sun (Tyburn, 1973) is a loose adaptation of Fleischman's novel, starring Peter Sellers.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g From 1968 to 1975, five books by Fleischman made the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Children's Book shortlist in their first German-language editions. Those were his first four children's fiction books, all translated by Sybil Gräfin Schönfeldt—in German sequence, Mr. Mysterious & Company, By the Great Horn Spoon!, Chancy and the Grand Rascal, The Ghost in the Noonday Sun—and McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm illustrated by Quentin Blake, the British omnibus edition of three early McBroom books.[21]
  2. ^ a b c McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm (Chatto & Windus, 1972) was the U.K. edition of three early McBroom books, illustrated by Quentin Blake, later published in the U.S. (1992).
  3. ^ a b c Here Comes McBroom (Chatto & Windus, 1976) was the U.K. edition of three early McBroom books, illustrated by Quentin Blake, later published in the U.S. (1992).

References

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  1. ^ a b "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA).
      "The John Newbery Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  2. ^ "Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Winners and Honor Books 1967 to present". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  3. ^ "Candidates for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 1956–2002". The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002. IBBY. Gyldendal. 2002. Pages 110–18. Hosted by Austrian Literature Online (literature.at). Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  4. ^ "Sid Fleischman Award". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Fleischman, Sid (1998). The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life. Beech Tree Books. ISBN 9780688158552.
  6. ^ McLellan, Dennis (March 21, 2010). "Sid Fleischman dies at 90; Newbery Medal-winning children's writer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  7. ^ "Sid Fleischman dies at 90".
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