Jerry Spinelli
Jerry Spinelli
was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Jerry Spinelli began writing
at the age of 16. He decided to become a writer after his baseball
team won a big game. Everyone went out to celebrate the victory. Everyone,
except Jerry. Jerry went home and wrote about his team winning. When
his writing was printed in the town paper, Jerry decided to become a writer
instead of a professional baseball player.
Many of Jerry's books rely on his own memories of his childhood. Jerry writes stories that kids can relate to because they are true to life. When he does not know what to write about, he thinks about what silly things his seven kids have done. Yes that was seven kids! Jerry also lives with his wife Eileen, who is also a childrens book author.
"Each of us, in our kidhood, was a Huckleberry Finn, drifting on a current that seemed tortuously slow at times, poling for the shore to check out every slightest glimmer in the trees … the taste of Brussels sprouts … your first forward roll … cruising a mall without a parent … overnighting it … making your own grilled cheese sandwich … the thousand landfalls of our adolescence .… And now we know what we did not know then: What an adventure it was!"
Many of Jerry's books rely on his own memories of his childhood. Jerry writes stories that kids can relate to because they are true to life. When he does not know what to write about, he thinks about what silly things his seven kids have done. Yes that was seven kids! Jerry also lives with his wife Eileen, who is also a childrens book author.
"Each of us, in our kidhood, was a Huckleberry Finn, drifting on a current that seemed tortuously slow at times, poling for the shore to check out every slightest glimmer in the trees … the taste of Brussels sprouts … your first forward roll … cruising a mall without a parent … overnighting it … making your own grilled cheese sandwich … the thousand landfalls of our adolescence .… And now we know what we did not know then: What an adventure it was!"
- Jerry Spinelli
Books By Jerry Spinelli
Maniac
Magee
Loser
Star
Girl
Crash
Wringer
Fourth
Grade Rats
It's
Fine To Be Nine
Who
Put That Hair In My Toothbrush
The
Library Card
Space
Station Seventh Grade
Knots
In My YoYo String: An Autobiography Of A Kid
Check Out These Sites For Jerry Spinelli And His Books
Maniac Magee Web Relay
Kids Reads
Jerry Spinelli's Biography
Meet Jerry Spinelli
Barns and Noble
Books By Jerry Spinelli
Maniac
Magee
Loser
Star
Girl
Crash
Wringer
Fourth
Grade Rats
It's
Fine To Be Nine
Who
Put That Hair In My Toothbrush
The
Library Card
Space
Station Seventh Grade
Knots
In My YoYo String: An Autobiography Of A Kid
Check Out These Sites For Jerry Spinelli And His Books
Maniac Magee Web Relay
Kids Reads
Jerry Spinelli's Biography
Meet Jerry Spinelli
Barns and Noble
