Robie Harris | |
|---|---|
 Harris at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival | |
| Born | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Children's book author |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | It's Perfectly Normal It's so Amazing |
Robie H. Harris is an American author, specializing in books for children. She was born in Buffalo, New York.[1]
Harris wrote several children's books about childbirth and human sexuality, including It's Perfectly Normal and It's so Amazing, two of the American Library Association's most-challenged books of the 21st century. She is a cousin of children's author Elizabeth Levy.[2] She graduated from Wheaton College and the Bank Street College of Education.[3] She won the 2019 Mathical Book Prize for her book Crash! Boom! A Math Tale.[4]
Further reading
- Interview in You Can’t Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell. Candlewick, 2021, a young adult non-fiction book about book censorship, edited by young adult author and literary critic Leonard S. Marcus. ISBN 9780763690366
References
- ↑ "Robie H. Harris". PEN American Center. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
- ↑ "About the authors and illustrators for 2006". Connecticut Children's Book Fair. University of Connecticut. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
- ↑ "Robie H. Harris". Candlewick Press. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Mathical Book Prize". Mathical Book Prize. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
External links
Media related to Robie Harris at Wikimedia Commons
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