Verna Aaderma
Verna Norberg Aardema Vugteveen, best known by the name Verna Aardema (6 June 1911 - 11 May 2000) was an American author of children's books.
Born in New Era, Michigan she graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. of Journalism in 1934. She worked as a grade school teacher from 1934 to 1973 and became a correspondent for the Muskegon Chronicle in 1951, which lasted until 1972, the year before she retired from teaching elementary school.
From the time she was a small girl, she knew that she would be a
writer. She spent every free second reading anything she could get her
hands on. In her Senior Year at Michigan State she won three writing
contests, though not the first, they were the most influential in her
decision to continue to follow her childhood dream.
In 1960 she published her first set of stories, Tales from the Story Hat which were very successful...
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1975), received the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977. Who's in Rabbit's House? 1977 was the 1977 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner in 1978. Aardema received the Children's Reading Round Table Award in 1981, and several of her works have been selected as Notable Books by the American Library Association. Her Oh Kojo! How Could You! won the 1984 Parents' Choice Award for Literature.
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