The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ

by Betty Miles

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Ten-year-old Larry is "discovered" on the street and asked to appear in a television commercial. Only later does he find out what he is advertising.

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Betty Miles was born Elizabeth Baker in Chicago, Illinois on May 16, 1928. She graduated from Antioch College in 1950. Her work as an assistant kindergarten teacher in a private school in Manhattan inspired her to take a writing course at Bank Street College of Education. She continued to study writing there and later became a distinguished show more author, editor, and teacher at the institution. She wrote more than 25 books for children and young adults. Her first picture book, A House for Everyone, was published in 1958. Her first young adult novel, The Real Me, was published in 1974. Her other picture books included What Is the World?, Save the Earth, and The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ. She also wrote about and taught early childhood literacy. She died on July 19, 2018 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ
Original publication date
1981

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Food & Cooking, Religion & Spirituality, History, Biography & Memoir, Art & Design, Music, Poetry, Business, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sports and Leisure, Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Science & Nature, Technology, Kids
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813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PZ7 .M594 .SLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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