Phillip M. Hoose (born May 31, 1947) is an American writer of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles. His first published works were written for adults but he turned his attention to children and young adults, in part to keep up with his daughters. His work has been well received and honored more than once by the

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

community. He won the

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are a set of American literary awards conferred by ''The Boston Globe'' and ''The Horn Book Magazine'' annually from 1967. One book is recognized in each of four categories: Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and P ...

, Nonfiction, for ''The Race to Save the Lord God Bird'' (2004) and the

National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The Nat ...

, Young People's Literature, for ''Claudette Colvin'' (2009).

Life

Hoose was born in

South Bend, Indiana South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...

, grew up in the Indiana towns of South Bend, Angola, and Speedway, and attended

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universi ...

. A graduate of the

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Yale School of the Environment (YSE) is a professional school of Yale University. It was founded to train foresters, and now trains environmental leaders through four 2-year degree programs ( Master of Environmental Management, Master of Environm ...

, Hoose was for 37 years a staff member of

The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US. Founded in 1951, The Nat ...

, dedicated to preserving the plants, animals and natural communities of the Earth. Hoose has two children, Hannah and Ruby, who are grown. He lives in

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...

, with his wife, the artist Sandbi Ste. George. A songwriter and performing musician, Phillip Hoose is a founding member of th
Children's Music Network
and a member of the ban
Chipped Enamel

Writer

''Hey, Little Ant''
(

Tricycle Press Ten Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California in 1971 by Phil Wood. Ten Speed Press was bought by Random House in February 2009 and is now part of their Crown Publishing Group division. History Wood worked with Barnes & N ...

, 1998), inspired by his daughter Ruby and co-authored by his daughter Hannah, received a Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
''It’s Our World, Too!: Stories of Young People Who Are Making a Difference''
(

Little, Brown Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown (publisher), James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Ear ...

, 1998) won a Christopher Award for "artistic excellence in books affirming the highest values of the human spirit."
''We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History''
(

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. FSG is known for publishing literary books, and its authors have won numerous awards, including Pulitzer ...

, 2001) was a finalist for the National Book Award. In addition, it was dubbed a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and an International Reading Association Teacher's Choice.
''The Race to Save the Lord God Bird''
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004), received the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and was named a Top Ten American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults among many additional honors. '' Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009) is a nonfiction account for young adults. It features Claudette Colvin as a pioneer in the

Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the Unite ...

, resisting segregation in

Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County, Alabama, Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the Gulf Coastal Plain, coas ...

. It won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature and was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal, among other honors (below).
''Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95''
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012) is a nonfiction account of a shorebird, a

red knot The red knot or just knot (''Calidris canutus'') is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the '' Calidris'' sandpipers, second only to the ...

, banded B95, that has flown more than the distance to the moon over his lifetime. It was a finalist in the Young Adult Library Services Association Award for Excellence in Nonfiction.
Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club''
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015) opens at the outset of World War II as Denmark chooses not to resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: the boys’ exploits and eventual imprisonment helped spark a full-blown Danish resistance. Interweaving his own narrative with the recollections of Knud himself, Phillip Hoose weaves an inspiring non-fiction story of young war heroes.

Awards

Hoose reaped many honors for several of his books. ;''Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice'' * National Book Award for Young People's Literature"National Book Awards – 2009"

National Book Foundation The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established, "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America". Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc.,Edwin McDowell. "Book Notes: 'The Joy Luc ...

(NBF). Retrieved 2012-04-14.
(With acceptance speech, interview, reading, excerpt and other material, some of it replicated for all five finalists.)"2009 National Book Award Winner, Young People's Literature"
NBF. Retrieved 2010-07-15. (Acceptance speech and reading by Hoose, citation, biographical blurbs, and more.) *

Newbery Honor Newbery is a surname. People * Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver * David Newbery (born 1943), British economist *Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908), Argentine odontologist and aerostat pilot * Francis Newbery (disambiguation), s ...

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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, established in 2010, is an annual literary award presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonpr ...

– finalist *Jane Addams Children's Book Award – Honor Book *Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth *''Publishers Weekly'' Best Children's Books of the Year *CCBC Choice (University of Wisconsin) *Chicago Public Library Best of the Best *Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List *Carter G. Woodson Book Award – Middle Level ;''The Race to Save the Lord God Bird'' * Boston Globe – Horn Book Award, Nonfiction *Orbis Pictus Honor Book *Bank Street / Flora Steiglitz Award *

Parents' Choice Award The Parents' Choice Award was an award presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels." It was considered a "prest ...

*ALA Best Books for Young Adults * ALA Notable Books for Children *National Science Teacher's Association-CBC, Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children *Miami Herald Best Books of the Year *Washington Post Best Books of the Year *''Kirkus Reviews'' Editor's Choice *''Publishers Weekly'' Best Children's Books of the Year *Great Lakes Book Award *Maine Lupine Award *New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award *Tennessee Intermediate Volunteer State Book Award Master List ;''We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History'' *National Book Award – finalist"National Book Awards – 2001"
NBF. Retrieved 2012-04-14. * ALA Best Books for Young Adults *IRA Teachers' Choices *New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age *Parents' Choice Award *NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies *Booklinks Lasting Connection *Booklist Editors' Choice *''Horn Book Magazine'' Fanfare List *''Publishers Weekly'' Best Children's Books of the Year ;''Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95'' *Robert F. Sibert Award – Honor *YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction – finalist ;''The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club'' *The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor *The Boston Globe-Horn Book NonFiction Honor Winner *School Library Journal Best Book of the Year *Kirkus Reviews 10 Teen Books You Can't Miss This Summer 2015 *Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Best Teen Book of the Year *Booklist Editor's Choice *New York Public Library Notable Book *New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice *Washington Post Best Children's Books of 2015 *YALSA 2016 Nonfiction Award Nominations *Scholastic TAB Top 5 Buzz-worthy

Works

*''Hoosiers: the Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana'', Vintage Books, 1986, ; Emmis Books, 1995, *''Hey, Little Ant'', Tricycle Press, 1998, *''We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History'', Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001, *''It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference'', Farrar Straus Giroux, 2002, *''The Race to Save the Lord God Bird'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004, * ''Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me'', Walker & Company, 2006, *'' Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009, * ''Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95'',

, 2012, * '' The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2015, *''Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2018,

Anthologies

"Indiana's Cinderella Basketball Team"
''Indiana history: a book of readings'', Editor Ralph D. Gray, Indiana University Press, 1994,

References

External links

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Mary Pipher's use of ''Hey, Little Ant''
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