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White, ; children: two daughters. Anne Terry White's family came to the U. She grew up and attended school in New England , graduated from Brown University , and received an M. She held positions as a teacher and social worker, but is best known as the author of nonfiction books for children.

WHITE, Anne Terry.

White's wish to present great literature to her own two daughters in a way they would find entertaining and easy to understand resulted in her first book, Heroes of the Five Books , about Old Testament figures. Three Children and Shakespeare grew out of questions her daughters asked when she read Shakespeare to them; it adapts and discusses four plays in a fictitious family setting.

White's books span a wide range of subjects. Many of them, such as The First Men in the World and Rocks All Around Us , are aimed for third-to fifth-grade readers and are intended to serve as introductions to particular fields of study. Her "All About" books on natural science, geography, and geology are considered among the best of their kind for very young readers.

Other books, such as Lost Worlds and Men Before Adam , both on archeology, have great appeal to older youths and adults.

Short biography Anne Terry White was born to Aaron and Sarah Terry in Ukraine, and emigrated with her family to the USA when she was eight years old.

Lost Worlds , a history of the discovery of Troy, the palace of Minos on Crete, the tomb of Tutankhamen, and other sites, was reprinted more than two dozen times by the s and is regarded as one of her finest books. White has translated a myriad of Russian stories, including works by Pushkin and old stories from oral tradition. All are highly readable.

In addition, the subjects of her biographies range from scientist George Washington Carver to William Shakespeare , King David of ancient Israel, and socialist labor-leader Eugene Debs. All are greatly fictionalized. To known facts, White judiciously adds dialogue and details to produce entertaining as well as informative pictures of the people concerned.

White has skillfully adapted for young children many books by other authors.