Tom McGowen

Author of Album of Dinosaurs

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Album of Dinosaurs 38 copies
World War II (First Book) 27 copies
Sir MacHinery 23 copies, 1 review
African-Americans in the Old West (Cornerstones of Freedom. Second Series) 19 copies
King's Quest: An Endless Quest Book Eighteen 19 copies
The Korean War (A First Book) 18 copies
World War I (First Book) 17 copies
Album of Whales 16 copies
Dragon Stew 16 copies
Album of Prehistoric Animals 14 copies
The Alamo (Cornerstones of Freedom, Second Series) 13 copies
Album of Sharks (Album Books) 11 copies
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals 11 copies
Album of Rocks and Minerals 10 copies

Album of prehistoric man 8 copies

Encyclopedia of Legendary Creatures 8 copies

Album of Spaceflight 7 copies

The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Cornerstones of Freedom. Second Series) 6 copies

The Time of the Forest 6 copies

George Washington (First Constitution Books) 5 copies

Magician's Apprentice 5 copies

The Magician's Company 5 copies

Album of Snakes and Other Reptiles 4 copies

The fearless fossil hunters 4 copies

The Magical Fellowship (The Age of Magic Trilogy) 4 copies

Radioactivity: From the Curies to the Atomic Age (History of Science) 4 copies

D-Day (Cornerstones of Freedom. Second Series) 4 copies

The Apple Strudel Soldier 4 copies, 1 review

The Black Death (First Book) 4 copies

CHEMISTRY THE BIRTH OF A SCIENCE 3 copies

Odyssey from River Bend 3 copies

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McGowen, Tom

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May 6, 1927

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Evanston, IL

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Attended Roosevelt College of Chicago (now Roosevelt University), 1947 and 1948, and American Academy of Art, 1948-49 (now Roosevelt University)

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Sidney Clayton and Associates (advertising firm), Chicago, IL, production manager, 1949-53 (advertising firm)

Justrite Manufacturing Co., Chicago, IL, advertising manager, 1953-54

National Safety Council, Chicago, IL, sales promotion director, 1954-59

Hensley Co. (advertising firm), Chicago, IL, creative director, 1959-69 (advertising firm)

World Book, Inc. (publisher), Chicago, IL, senior editor, 1969-- (publisher)

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Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies citation, Association of Social Sciences Teachers, 1975, for Album of Prehistoric Man

Outstanding Science Book for Children citations, National Science Teachers Association/Children's Book Council Joint Committee, 1980, for Album of Whales, and 1986, for Radioactivity: From the Curies to the Atomic Age

Booklist Children's Editors Choice Award and nominations for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Sequoyah Young Readers Award, and Young Hoosier Book Award, all 1987, for The Magician's Apprentice

Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Children's Literature, Children's Reading Round Table 1990

Book for the Teen Age citation, New York Public Library, 1991, for The Great Monkey Trial: Science versus Fundamentalism in America

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