Amy Timberlake
Author of One Came Home
About the Author
Image credit: Photo by Suzanne Plunkett, from amytimberlake.com
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- Canonical name
- Timberlake, Amy
- Legal name
- Timberlake, Amy
- Birthdate
- 1965-10-10
- Gender
- female
- Agent
- Steven Malk (Writers House)
- Short biography
- Amy Timberlake est une auteure américaine de cinq livres pour enfants : One Came Home , That Girl Lucy Moon , The Dirty Cowboy , Skunk and Badger et Egg Marks the Spot . One Came Home a reçu le Newbery Honor et le Edgar Award. Cette fille Lucy Moon a été récompensée par les Amis de l'alphabétisation des écrivains américains, et The Dirty Cowboy a reçu une médaille d'or du choix des parents et a remporté le Golden Kite Award 2004 .
Timberlake a grandi dans la petite ville de Hudson, dans le Wisconsin , mais s'est ensuite adaptée à la vie urbaine lorsqu'elle a déménagé à Chicago, dans l'Illinois, et s'est mariée. - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Hudson, Wisconsin - Map Location
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Georgie doesn't believe her sister Agatha is dead. Agatha ran away from home a few weeks ago, and now the sheriff has brought back a badly mutilated body found in the woods, wearing the remains of Agatha's dress and with the same auburn hair. Thirteen-year-old Georgie feels that there's more to the story of Agatha's disappearance. She rents a mule from Billy McCabe, her sister's former sweetheart, and sets out to find the truth. Of course, she doesn't plan on Billy tagging along -- and show more that's only the first unexpected occurrence on a journey fraught with mystery and, occasionally, danger. Will Georgie ever learn exactly what happened to Agatha? Is this trip about finding her sister, or is it about coming to terms with her sister's death?
This well-researched and well-written piece of historical fiction is well-deserving of the honors it has received. Set in 1871 Wisconsin, the story is told against the backdrop of the passenger pigeon migration. The characters are fully rounded and always interesting, though not always likable. Some of the events in the final chapter feel tacked on for the sake of historical interest rather than being essential to the plot, but all in all this is an impressive novel, and I hope to see more by this author in the future. show less
This well-researched and well-written piece of historical fiction is well-deserving of the honors it has received. Set in 1871 Wisconsin, the story is told against the backdrop of the passenger pigeon migration. The characters are fully rounded and always interesting, though not always likable. Some of the events in the final chapter feel tacked on for the sake of historical interest rather than being essential to the plot, but all in all this is an impressive novel, and I hope to see more by this author in the future. show less
This review and others posted over at Milliebot Reads.
Thank you to Algonquin for sending me this book for free in exchange for my honest, unbiased review.
I’m sure I must have read the Frog and Toad books back in grade school; I know for a certainty I read them to a student a few years ago when I participated in a reading program at his school. In a longer, chapter-book format than our amphibian friends, Skunk and Badger convey important life lessons through their dissimilar personalities show more and some humor.
I certainly saw a bit of myself in Badger. I’m very much a “place for everything and everything in its place” type, and so is he. His rock room is very particularly organized and decorated, including: “In the fireplace, Badger had piled geodes in a pyramid. (Artistic!)” The artistic comment made me smile and I totally agree. That’s a great use of a fireplace if you’re not using it for, you know, fires. Readers even get a little lesson from Badger on the difference between minerals and rocks as he does his work.
Badger has his routines, he keeps his aunt’s house orderly (except maybe for the room full of boxes he’s hoarding, but as an adult, I know how hard it is to let go of a good box – you might need it someday!) and he enjoys his alone time. Or does he?
It’s great to watch Skunk bring Badger out of his shell with delicious meals, messes, and many, many chickens. Skunk isn’t just all fun and games though. One night he’s reading Shakespeare’s Henry V and explains his thoughts on the material to Badger:
“Gentle and kind is the way I would like the world to be. I hope it will be that way. But Badger, if it were true that kindness and gentleness were the best way to win a kingdom – or win anything at all – wouldn’t everyone do it? Not everyone is gentle and kind. Even I myself find it hard to be kind and gentle. Sometimes I get mad.”
The book is full of little thoughtful moments like that one. Later, Badger is getting advice on how to apologize from other animals in town. Some of the sage advice includes actually saying “I’m sorry” out loud, making sure not to say “I’m sorry, but”, and to truly listen to Skunk.
I love when lessons and learning are embedded right into the story and come naturally from the personalities and interactions between characters. This is such a charming little book and I was just so happy reading it. I love how Timberlake made sure to work the animals’ natural instincts and characteristics into their characters, rather than just making them act like humans.
And the illustrations! Hopefully you didn’t think I was going to skip those. You know how much I enjoy illustrations and design elements. I love Klassen’s style and I was charmed from the very cover by Skunk’s grin as he holds out his hand to meet a clearly skeptical Badger. There are several large illustrations and cute chapter headers, and I definitely want to check out the hardcover, since it was published yesterday (September 15).
I’m hoping this is a series because I’m going to need more of these two in my life! I highly recommend this for middle-grade lovers like myself, as well as younger readers looking for stories about seemingly unlikely friendships and animal shenanigans. show less
Thank you to Algonquin for sending me this book for free in exchange for my honest, unbiased review.
I’m sure I must have read the Frog and Toad books back in grade school; I know for a certainty I read them to a student a few years ago when I participated in a reading program at his school. In a longer, chapter-book format than our amphibian friends, Skunk and Badger convey important life lessons through their dissimilar personalities show more and some humor.
I certainly saw a bit of myself in Badger. I’m very much a “place for everything and everything in its place” type, and so is he. His rock room is very particularly organized and decorated, including: “In the fireplace, Badger had piled geodes in a pyramid. (Artistic!)” The artistic comment made me smile and I totally agree. That’s a great use of a fireplace if you’re not using it for, you know, fires. Readers even get a little lesson from Badger on the difference between minerals and rocks as he does his work.
Badger has his routines, he keeps his aunt’s house orderly (except maybe for the room full of boxes he’s hoarding, but as an adult, I know how hard it is to let go of a good box – you might need it someday!) and he enjoys his alone time. Or does he?
It’s great to watch Skunk bring Badger out of his shell with delicious meals, messes, and many, many chickens. Skunk isn’t just all fun and games though. One night he’s reading Shakespeare’s Henry V and explains his thoughts on the material to Badger:
“Gentle and kind is the way I would like the world to be. I hope it will be that way. But Badger, if it were true that kindness and gentleness were the best way to win a kingdom – or win anything at all – wouldn’t everyone do it? Not everyone is gentle and kind. Even I myself find it hard to be kind and gentle. Sometimes I get mad.”
The book is full of little thoughtful moments like that one. Later, Badger is getting advice on how to apologize from other animals in town. Some of the sage advice includes actually saying “I’m sorry” out loud, making sure not to say “I’m sorry, but”, and to truly listen to Skunk.
I love when lessons and learning are embedded right into the story and come naturally from the personalities and interactions between characters. This is such a charming little book and I was just so happy reading it. I love how Timberlake made sure to work the animals’ natural instincts and characteristics into their characters, rather than just making them act like humans.
And the illustrations! Hopefully you didn’t think I was going to skip those. You know how much I enjoy illustrations and design elements. I love Klassen’s style and I was charmed from the very cover by Skunk’s grin as he holds out his hand to meet a clearly skeptical Badger. There are several large illustrations and cute chapter headers, and I definitely want to check out the hardcover, since it was published yesterday (September 15).
I’m hoping this is a series because I’m going to need more of these two in my life! I highly recommend this for middle-grade lovers like myself, as well as younger readers looking for stories about seemingly unlikely friendships and animal shenanigans. show less
If you know a child (grades 2-5 or 39+) who loved Frog and Toad and needs a more grown-up version....here it is. I absolutely loved this story of two mismatched lodgers in Aunt Lula's brownstone with their quirky habits and seemingly irreconcilable differences, who find they really don't want to live without one another. Chickens also enter into it. Fantastic.
This a thoroughly charming children's story about a curmudgeonly, introverted Badger who becomes an inadvertent roommate with a friendly, outgoing, but sensitive skunk. Mayhem ensues, involving many chickens, a devious stoat and delays to Badgers VERY IMPORTANT ROCK WORK. But all resolves happily in the end, and true friendship is born.
It very much reminded me of Kenneth Graham with a bit of The Muppet Show mixed in.
It very much reminded me of Kenneth Graham with a bit of The Muppet Show mixed in.
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