Shelley Tanaka writes nonfiction for children, including books in the I Was There series and A Day That Changed America series. She has won numerous awards for her writing, among them the Orbis Pictus Award in 2009.[7] Her books have been translated into several languages: German, Danish, Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Thai.[8] Additionally, she has translated many children's picture books and novels from German and French into English.[2][8]
shelley, tanaka, canadian, editor, numerous, young, adult, novels, author, fiction, children, translator, writing, teacher, borntoronto, ontariooccupationeditor, writer, translator, writing, teacherperiod1980s, presentgenrechildren, literature, fiction, conten. Shelley Tanaka is a Canadian editor of numerous young adult novels an author of non fiction for children a translator and a writing teacher Shelley TanakaBornToronto OntarioOccupationEditor writer translator writing teacherPeriod1980s presentGenreChildren s literature non fiction Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 3 1 Novels 3 2 Historical events 3 3 Biographies 3 4 Arts 3 5 Environment 3 6 Archaeology 3 7 Fiction 3 8 Earlier works 3 9 Books translated into English by Shelley Tanaka 4 References 4 1 Interviews 4 2 Additional resources 5 External linksBiography EditShelley Tanaka was born in Toronto Ontario Canada She received an Honours bachelor s degree in English and German from Queen s University and a master s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto 1 2 She lives in Ontario Canada 3 Tanaka began her editing career at Clarke Irwin 4 She has been the fiction editor at Groundwood Books a Canadian children s book publisher since 1983 and has edited books by many Canadian writers including Tim Wynne Jones Deborah Ellis Martha Brooks Sarah Ellis and Alan Cumyn She is the editor of thirteen Governor General s Award winning books 1 5 6 Shelley Tanaka writes nonfiction for children including books in the I Was There series and A Day That Changed America series She has won numerous awards for her writing among them the Orbis Pictus Award in 2009 7 Her books have been translated into several languages German Danish Spanish French Japanese Portuguese and Thai 8 Additionally she has translated many children s picture books and novels from German and French into English 2 8 Tanaka teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts 3 Awards EditAmelia Earhart The Legend of the Lost Aviator won the Orbis Pictus Award in 2009 9 Translation of Good for Nothing by Michel Noel was on the IBBY Honour List for translation in 2006 10 Secrets of the Mummies won the Science in Society Children s Book Award in 2000 Discovering the Iceman won the Mr Christie s Book Award in 1997 11 On Board the Titanic won the Silver Birch Award in 1997 12 The Buried City of Pompei won the Information Book Award in 1997 On Board the Titanic won the Information Book Award in 1996 13 On Board the Titanic and The Buried City of Pompeii were finalists for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 4 Bibliography EditNovels Edit Nobody Knows Novelization of the Japanese film by Hirokazu Kore eda 2012 14 Historical events Edit Earthquake 2004 Gettysburg 2003 D Day 2003 The Alamo 2003 Attack on Pearl Harbor 2001 Lost Temple of the Aztecs 1998 The Buried City of Pompeii 1996 On Board the Titanic 1996 The Disaster of the Hindenburg 1993Biographies Edit Amelia Earhart The Legend of the Lost Aviator 2008 In the Time of Knights 2000 One More Border The True Story of One Family s Escape from War Torn Europe co written with William Kaplan 1998 Arts Edit Footnotes Dancing the World s Best Loved Ballets co written with Frank Augustyn 2001 Environment Edit Climate Change 2006 A Great Round Wonder My Book of the World 1991 The Heat Is On Facing Our Energy Problem 1991 Archaeology Edit Mummies The Newest Coolest amp Creepiest from Around the World 2005 New Dinos 2003 Secrets of the Mummies 1999 Graveyards of the Dinosaurs 1998 Discovering the Iceman 1996 Fiction Edit Ghost Town a short story in Dear Canada Hoping for Home Stories of Arrival 2011 Earlier works Edit Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery adapted for young readers 1998 The Illustrated Father Goose 1995 Mr Dressup s Birthday Party Book 1988 Mr Dressup s 50 More Things to Make and Do written with Ernie Coombs 1984 1991 Mr Dressup s Things to Make and Do written with Ernie Coombs 1982 1991 Michi s New Year 1980 Books translated into English by Shelley Tanaka Edit FrenchThe Birthday Party by Michel Aubin 1987 The Secret Code by Michel Aubin 1987 8 Himalaya by Tenzing Norbu Lama 2002 Secret of the Snow Leopard by Tenzing Norbu Lama 2004 Good for Nothing by Michel Noel 2004 Broken Memory by Elisabeth Combres 2009 Grandfather and the Moon by Stephanie Lapointe 2017 GermanThe Fire An Ethiopian Folk Tale by Heinz Janisch Groundwood Books 2002 2 True Friends Tales from Tanzania by John Kilaka Groundwood 2006 picture book OCLC 61300807 Girl from Mars by Tamara Bach Groundwood 2009 2 Definitely Not for Little Ones Some Very Grimm Fairy Tale Comics by Rotraut Susanne Berner Groundwood 2009 2 Hound and Hare by Rotraut Susannne Berner Groundwood 2011 2 References Edit a b Member Profile The Writers Union of Canada Writersunion ca Retrieved 8 October 2012 a b c d e f Translators Shelley Tanaka Cultures in Translation Goethe Institut goethe de Retrieved 8 October 2012 a b Shelley Tanaka Vermont College of Fine Arts Vcfa edu Archived from the original on 28 January 2013 Retrieved 8 October 2012 a b Shelley Tanaka Lookingglassreview com Retrieved 8 October 2012 Shelley Tanaka Canadian Children s Book Centre Bookcentre ca 13 June 2008 Archived from the original on 19 February 2012 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Groundwood Books For the finest in children s books Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 Retrieved 14 December 2009 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Ncte org Retrieved 8 October 2012 a b c On board the Titanic what it was like when the great liner sank Worldcat org Retrieved 8 October 2012 http www ncte org awards orbispictus BCCB 2007 Award Winners Archived from the original on 21 August 2009 Retrieved 14 December 2009 IBBY Honour List Canadian Children s Book Centre Bookcentre ca 28 May 2008 Archived from the original on 8 August 2013 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Mr Christie s Book Awards Ucalgary ca 11 June 1998 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Silver Birch Award Canadian Children s Book Centre Bookcentre ca 28 May 2008 Archived from the original on 1 March 2012 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Information Book Award Canadian Children s Book Centre Bookcentre ca 28 May 2008 Archived from the original on 29 February 2012 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Shelley Tanaka Nobody Knows House of Anansi Archived from the original on 7 October 2013 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Interviews Edit Ward Barbara A and Terrell A Young Talking with Shelley Tanaka Booklist Online 2 June 2009 1 Additional resources Edit Canadian Children s Book Centre The Storymakers Writing Children s Books Pembroke 2000 ISBN 978 1 55138 108 4 Gertridge Allison Meet Canadian Authors and Illustrators Scholastic Canada Revised edition 2002 ISBN 978 0 439 98780 6 Rockman Connie C editor Ninth Book of Junior Authors amp Illustrators New York H W Wilson 2004 ISBN 0 8242 1043 3 External links EditShelley Tanaka at Library of Congress with 25 library catalogue records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shelley Tanaka amp oldid 1105527995, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
