Frances Temple
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
Frances Nolting Temple was born August 15, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia.[1] She grew up in Virginia, France, and Vietnam, as the daughter of former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam Frederick Nolting, Jr.[2] She served in the Peace Corps in Jamaica and Ethiopia from 1969–71.[3] She died July 5, 1995 from a heart attack.
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.[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
- Frances Temple, Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti (1992)
- Frances Temple, Grab Hands and Run (1993)[7]
- Charles A. Temple, Ruth Nathan, Frances Temple, The Beginnings of Writing (1993)
- Frances Temple, The Ramsay Scallop (1994)
- Frances Temple, Tiger Soup: An Anansi Story from Jamaica (1994)[8]
- Frances Temple, Tonight, by Sea (1995)[9]
- Frances Temple, The Beduins' Gazelle (1996)[10][11][12]
References
- ^ Frances Temple Summary.
- ^ 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/
- ^ "Bibliography of Peace Corps Writers – T". peacecorpswriters.org. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ "Special Collections | Bookshare". www.bookshare.org. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ Bloem, Patricia L. Bookbird. “The Americas Award” Basel Vol. 44, Iss. 1, (2006): 41-44.
- ^ "CONTENTdm". hwslibrary.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Martinez, Miriam and Marcia F. Nash. Bookalogues--Tiger Soup by Frances Temple. Language Arts, (72)4, (Apr 1995): 297.
- ^ Freeman, Evelyn B; Lehman, Barbara A; Scharer, Patricia L. "Tonight by Sea." The Reading Teacher; (50)5, (Feb 1997): 426-427.
- ^ "The Beduins' Gazelle (Starred review)". Kirkus Reviews. March 15, 1996. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Kuntz on Temple, 'The Beduins' Gazelle' | H-AfrTeach | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ Randall, Don. (2010). Empire and Children’s Literature: Changing Patterns of Cross-Cultural Perspective. Children's Literature in Education 41, 28–39.
External links
- HarperCollins Publishers, Frances Temple
- Frances Temple at Library of Congress, with 7 library catalog records
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