Sid Fleischman
b. 1920 – d. 2010 · 46 books
Biography
Albert Sidney Fleischman (born Avron Zalmon Fleischman; March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010) was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for *The Whipping Boy* and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for *Humbug Mountain*. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults. He told his own tale in *The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life* (1996).
*source: Wikipedia*
*source: Wikipedia*
Books by Sid Fleischman
The Dream Stealer
Shanghai Flame / Counterspy Express
Sir Charlie Chaplin
The Trouble Begins at 8
Look behind you, lady
Bo and Mzzz Mad
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
McBroom's wonderful one-acre farm
McBroom Tells a Lie
McBroom tells the truth
The scarebird
Bandit's Moon
Here Comes McBroom!
Humbug Mountain
Chancy and the grand rascal
The Thirteenth Floor
Prince Brat and the whipping b
Prince Brat and the whipping boy
McBroom the Rainmaker
McBroom's almanac
The Hey Hey Man
The Bloodhound Gang's secret code book
McBroom's zoo
The Bloodhound Gang in the case of the 264-pound burglar
McBroom and the great race
The Bloodhound Gang in the case of Princess Tomorrow
The Bloodhound Gang in the case of the cackling ghost
The Bloodhound Gang in the case of the flying clock
The Bloodhound Gang in the case of the secret message
The Man on the Moon-eyed Horse
Jim Bridger's alarm clock and other tall tales
McBroom and the beanstalk
Kate's secret riddle book
Me and the man on the moon-eyed horse
Secrets of Magic (A Chatto Act
Secrets of Magic (A Chatto Activity Book)
Mr. Mysterious's secrets of magic
The ghost on Saturday night
The wooden cat man
Jingo Django
McBroom's ghost
Longbeard the wizard
Longbeard the wizard
McBroom's Ear
The Venetian blonde
The Venetian blonde
McBroom and the big wind
Malaya manhunt
Malaya manhunt
Counterspy express
Counterspy express
The straw donkey case
The straw donkey case