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David A. Adler (1) (1947–)

Author of Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds

For other authors named David A. Adler, see the disambiguation page.

296 Works 68,637 Members 1,587 Reviews

About the Author

David A. Adler was born in New York City. He attended Queen's College in New York City and later, earned an MBA in Marketing from New York University. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He is the author of Cam Jansen mysteries and the Andy Russell titles. His titles has earned him numerous show more awards including a Sydney Taylor Book Award for his title "The Number on My Grandfather's Arm," "A Picture Book of Jewish Holidays" was named a Notable Book of 1981 by the American Library Association and "Our Golda" was named a Carter G. Woodson Award Honor Book. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by David A. Adler

A Picture Book of Rosa Parks (1900) 734 copies
A Picture Book of Anne Frank (1993) 706 copies
Don't Throw It to Mo! (2015) 566 copies
A Picture Book of Sacagawea (2000) 550 copies
Heroes of the Revolution (2003) 465 copies
The Babe & I (1999) 339 copies
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (1997) 333 copies
Fraction Fun (1996) 329 copies
Money Madness (2009) 324 copies
A Picture Book of Hanukkah (1982) 314 copies
A Picture Book of Passover (1849) 296 copies
We Remember the Holocaust (1989) 293 copies
Place Value (2016) 255 copies
Fun with Roman Numerals (2008) 251 copies
Shape Up! (1998) 219 copies
Get a Hit, Mo! (2016) 215 copies
Working With Fractions (2007) 184 copies
Magnets Push, Magnets Pull (2017) 174 copies
Pass the Ball, Mo! (2018) 170 copies
Heroes for Civil Rights (2007) 153 copies
Mama Played Baseball (2003) 142 copies
Cam Jansen and the Graduation Day Mystery (2011) — Author — 140 copies
The Story of Hanukkah (2011) 139 copies
B. Franklin, Printer (2001) 123 copies
Time Zones (2010) 114 copies
Chanukah in Chelm (1997) 113 copies
Calculator Riddles (1995) 105 copies
The Story of Passover (2014) 102 copies
Hiding from the Nazis (1666) 101 copies
Triangles (2014) — Author — 96 copies
Child of the Warsaw Ghetto (1995) 93 copies
Happy Hanukkah Rebus (1989) 84 copies
You Can, Toucan, Math (2006) 73 copies
Kick It, Mo! (2018) 68 copies
Circles (2016) 45 copies
The Children of Chelm (1979) 43 copies
A Little at a Time (1976) 38 copies
Light Waves (2018) 37 copies
It's a Baby, Andy Russell (2005) 28 copies
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt (2014) 27 copies
Bunny Rabbit Rebus (1983) 27 copies
Benny, Benny, Baseball Nut (1987) 27 copies
Remember Betsy Floss (1987) 26 copies
Easy Math Puzzles (1997) 21 copies
I Know I'm a Witch (1988) 20 copies
Jewish Holiday Fun (1987) 20 copies
Run, Mo, Run! (2020) 18 copies
A Picture Book of Israel (1984) 14 copies
Spike It, Mo! (2022) 14 copies
Swim, Mo, Swim! (2020) 14 copies
My Writing Day (1999) 13 copies
Yom Kippur Shortstop (2017) 12 copies
The Metric System (2020) 12 copies
The Cam Jansen Fun Book (1992) 11 copies
Cam Jansen Boxed Set #1-8 (2004) 9 copies
Get on the Ice, Mo! (2022) 8 copies
Hyperspace!: 2 (1982) 7 copies
Cam Jansen (2005) 4 copies
Inflation (1985) 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Adler, David A.
Legal name
Adler, David Abraham
Birthdate
1947-04-10
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
USA
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Woodmere, New York
Education
Queens College (BA, Economics, Education, 1968)
New York University (MBA, Marketing, 1971)
Occupations
Teacher (mathematics)
Children's Author
Relationships
Adler, Michael S. (son)
Awards and honors
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Helen Keating Ott Award
Short biography
David A. Adler is an American children's author. He was born in New York City, New York in 1947. He graduated from Queens College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics and education. For the next nine years, he worked as a mathematics teacher for the New York City Board of Education, while taking classes towards a master's degree in marketing, a degree he was awarded by New York University in 1971. In that same year, a question from his then-three-year-old nephew inspired Adler to write his first story, A Little at a Time, subsequently published by Random House in 1976. Adler's next project, a series of math books, drew on his experience as a math teacher. In 1977, he created his most famous character, Cam Jansen, originally featured in Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, which was published that year.

Adler married psychologist Renee Hamada in 1973, and their first child, Michael, was born in 1977. By that time Adler had taken a break from teaching and, while his wife continued her work, he stayed home, took care of Michael, and began a full-time writing career.

Adler's son, Michael S. Adler, is now the co-author of several books with his father, including A Picture Book of Sam Adams, A Picture Book of John Hancock, and A Picture Book of James and Dolly Madison. Another son, Edward, was the inspiration for Adler's Andy Russell series, with the events described in the series loosely based on adventures the Adler family had with Edward's enthusiasm and his pets.

As of November 2008, Adler has three sons and two grandsons. He lives in Woodmere, New York.

(source: Wikipedia)

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What an incredible woman!!! Strong, resilient, other directed, and brazen are but a few words to describe the "Moses of the Underground Railway." Harriet Tubman was born, in a shack with a dirt floor, no windows or furniture, she was a lave on a large plantation in Maryland. The sixth of eleven children, she and her family were owned. She vowed no one should own another and spent her life making this belief come true for herself, for others.

Strong willed and wild, beaten often, but never quiting, she fought for what she believed was right. Whipped, she continued to fight for the right to be free. Harriett was born during the time of abolitionists and was fortunate to be assisted by this group when she ran away. When a young girl, she was hit in the head with a strong metal weight. It left her with wound on her forehead that would never heal and forever gave her headaches. She persisted even though this terrible act almost killed her.

Married to John Tubman who was a free man. She dreamed of running away. He would not leave with her, and promised to tell the master of her plans. She left and found the assistance of the Underground Railway. She entered Pennsylvania, a state that banned slavery. Never a selfish woman, she continued to help other slaves gain freedom. Working until she earned enough money to help her mission become a reality. She made approximately 19 trips from the south to the north. It is estimated that she assisted 300 slaves in their dream to be free.

Called a conductor of the Underground Railway, with a bounty on her head, she became more committed to helping others. Tough and resiliant she was a nurse during the Civil War and continued to help the poor and sick after slavery ended.
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