Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos, born in 1955, credits his sister as his inspiration to become a writer. In sixth grade, he read her diary and decided he could be a better writer than she. So writing is what he started out to do.
After a series of mis-education in schools that were underfunded and surrounded by students who didn't care, Gantos began writing children's books with an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel. Their first success was Rotten
Ralph in 1976. He continued to write, creating books ranging from picture books to juvenile fiction to novels for young adults and adults.
In between writing his books, Gantos teaches about children's literature and writing children's books. He developed the master's degree program in children's book writing at Emerson College and the Vermont College's Master of Fine Arts program for children's book writers.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Rotten Ralph Books |
The Jack Henry Books |
Rotten Ralph |
Heads or Tails |
Jack's New Power |
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Rotten Ralph Helps Out |
Jack's Black Book |
Rotten Ralph's Rotten Romance |
Jack on the Tracks |
Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph |
Jack Adrift |
Rotten Ralph Feels Rotten |
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Best in Show for Rotten Ralph |
The Joey Pizga Books |
Happy Birthday, Rotten Ralph |
Joey Pizga Swallowed the Key |
Rotten Ralph's Show and Tell |
Joey Pizga Loses Control |
Worse Than Rotten, Ralph |
What Would Joey Do? |
Rotten Ralph's Halloween Howl |
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Rotten Ralph's Thanksgiving Wish |
Others |
Rotten Ralph's Rotten Christmas |
Greedy Greeny |
Christmas Spirit Strikes Rotten Ralph |
Willy's Raiders |
Wedding Bells for Rotten Ralph |
Sleepy Ronald |
Back to School for Rotten Ralph |
Fair-Weather Friends |
Aunt Bernice |
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Young Adult |
The Perfect Pal |
Desire Lines |
Swampy Alligator |
Hole in My Life |
The Werewolf Family |
The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs |
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Adult Novel |
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Zip Six |
