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Natalie Babbitt (born July 28, 1932)〔〔"Babbitt, Natalie". ''Children's books and their creators''. Anita Silvey, editor. Houghton Mifflin. 1995. p. 43.〕 is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. For her contributions as a children's writer she was U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982.〔 == Biography == Born Natalie Zane Moore in Dayton, Ohio,〔 Babbitt studied at Laurel School in Cleveland and Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She is married to Samuel Fisher Babbitt and the couple have three children, born 1956 to 1960.〔("Natalie Babbitt" ). Courtesy of Natalie Babbitt. 1996. ipl2 (ipl.org). Retrieved February 5, 2013.〕 They lived in his home town of New Haven, Connecticut, when he earned the PhD in 1965 and became the president of Kirkland College in Clinton, New York (1965 to 1978).〔 The Babbitts collaborated to create ''The Forty-ninth Magician'', a picture book that he wrote and she illustrated, published by Pantheon Books in 1966. Samuel became too busy to participate but editor Michael di Capua at Farrar, Straus and Giroux encouraged Natalie to continue producing children's books.〔("Biography: Natalie Babbitt" ). Scholastic Teachers (scholastic.com/teachers). Retrieved September 24, 2015. With linked transcript of interview by Scholastic students (no date).〕 After writing and illustrating two short books in verse, she turned to children's novels, and her second effort in that vein, ''Knee-Knock Rise'', was awarded a Newbery Honor in 1971.〔("Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present" ). Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA). ("The John Newbery Medal" ). ALSC. ALA. Retrieved February 5, 2013.〕 ''Tuck Everlasting'', published in 1975, was named an ALA Notable book and continues to be popular with teachers. It was ranked number 16 among the "Top 100 Chapter Books" of all time in a 2012 survey published by ''School Library Journal''. Two of her books have been adapted as movies: ''Tuck Everlasting'' twice, in 1981〔(''Tuck Everlasting'' (1981) Allmovie entry )〕 and 2002,〔(''Tuck Everlasting'' (2002) Allmovie entry )〕 and ''The Eyes of the Amaryllis'' in 1982.〔(''The Eyes of the Amaryllis'' (1982) Allmovie entry )〕 At the present time, "Tuck Everlasting" is being prepared as a Broadway musical, opening in Atlanta on February 4, 2015. In addition to her own writing, Babbitt has also illustrated a number of books by Valerie Worth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natalie Babbitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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