The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies

Her latest book, Lost (Cavendish, 2009), is also historical fiction and is written for the young adult reader. Tricking the Tallyman (Random House, 2009) is a historical fiction picture book that tells the hilarious story of one man’s attempt to count the people of a town during the taking of the first U.S. The Lemonade War (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) tells the story of a brother and sister who make a bet to see who can sell the most lemonade in five days.

The House Takes a Vacation (Cavendish, 2007, illustrated by Lee White) is a pun-filled fantasy about a house that decides to visit the beach for a summer holiday. The Night Is Singing (Dial, 2006, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker) is a lyrical, evocative lullaby book for the youngest readers. The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon (Houghton Mifflin, 2004, illustrated by Melissa Sweet) is a picture book that describes one year in the life of the famous naturalist as he befriends a pair of Phoebe birds and wonders if they will return to the same nest in the spring. It tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who is witness to her father’s efforts in building the first atomic bomb. Where the Ground Meets the Sky (Cavendish, 2002) is a historical novel set in Los Alamos, New Mexico, during World War II. Davies has seven published children's books to her credit. In 1992, she wrote her first children’s book, a picture book about a discontented blowfish the book remains unsold to this day.

Upon returning to the Boston area to live, she began a successful career writing corporate marketing pieces on a freelance basis. Davies lived in Greece and France for two years. While at Brown, she studied with poet Michael Harper, novelist John Hawkes, and novelist Meredith Steinbach.Īfter graduating from college, Ms. In 1980, she graduated from Wellesley High School and then went on to attend Brown University, where she was graduated in 1984 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Creative Writing. Davies lived in Cleveland Portland, Oregon Hingham, Massachusetts La Jolla, California and Wellesley, Massachusetts, as a child. She has two older sisters, Leslie and Kim, and a younger brother, Tom. Jacqueline Davies was born on July 25, 1962, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Dr.

The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies