Frieda Wishinsky
Author of Albert Einstein (DK Biography)
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Works by Frieda Wishinsky
Freedom Heroines: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Adams, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, Rosa Parks (2012) 171 copies
How Emily Saved the Bridge: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (2019) 32 copies
A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World (2013) 28 copies
Ice Storm! The Great Storm of 1998 4 copies
catastrophe 1 copy
Dive In 1 copy
Houses 1 copy
O Que Há De Errado Com Albert? Uma História Com Albert Einstein (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2013) 1 copy
Pablo s'inquiète 1 copy
Beware Pirates! 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1948-07-14
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany (displaced person)
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Education
- CUNY, Brooklyn
- Occupations
- special education teacher
children's book author
biographer - Short biography
- Frieda Wishinsky's parents emigrated to Canada from Europe after the end of World War II. She began writing as a child. She majored in international relations in university, and then enrolled in an M.S. program in special education. She became a special education teacher and has worked for more than 25 years in three countries. While on a two-month sabbatical with her husband in Eugene, Oregon, she began writing books for children and young adults. She found success with her first work, the picture book Oonga Boonga (1990), and has been a prolific author of more than 60 books since then, winning numerous awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 96
- Members
- 3,161
- Popularity
- #8,081
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 61
- ISBNs
- 300
- Languages
- 6