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| Name: |
Jane Yolen | | Birth Date: |
February 11, 1939 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Female |
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Biography of Jane Yolen
3955 words, approx. 13.2 pages
 Since Jane Yolen has an impressive catalogue of books, it is hard to believe that her first work was not published until 1963. Having written books of poems, fiction, and non-fiction for children, young adults, and adults alike, Yolen would seem to have...
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Biography of Jane (Hyatt) Yolen
3775 words, approx. 12.6 pages
 Jane Yolen is one of the most prolific contemporary writers of children's stories. Since 1963, she has written well over sixty books, including poetry collections, realistic stories, animal tales, ABC books, and fantasies. Her special talents, however, l...


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Hobby Information
1,800 words, approx. 6 pages
 A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } Origin of term A hobby-horse was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From...




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 Playthings
Hobbies.
09/01/2002: 650 words, approx. 2 pages As the hobby category grows with increasing amounts of new merchandise, so do the numbers of new hobbyists. These days, hobbyists range in age from young men to mature women--and everyone in between. The new diversity of products gets some of the credit...
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 The Washington Post
The Hobbies and the Hobby-Nots
02/22/1987: 1,038 words, approx. 4 pages When I was a kid and had to fill out applications, there was always a question about hobbies. That was the line where I considered lying. Should I put down stamp collecting? Should I say fishing, tropical fish, coin collecting, hiking or something equally...
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 AP Features
Birdwatching hobby takes flight
9/17/2007: 1,100 words, approx. 4 pages Jim Rapp has one hand on the wheel and the other holding a pair of binoculars as he drives his truck slowly down a gravel drive on the banks of a Chesapeake Bay marsh."Do you see that? Right there?" he whispers, excitedly pointing to a...
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 The New York Observer
Hightower\'d5s $3.44 M. Hobby
12/3/2006: 1,226 words, approx. 4 pages Though Grace Hightower and her godly husband Robert De Niro just paid $20.9 million for a 15-room Central Park West apartment last month, she has also bought a $3,440,000 limestone townhouse at 516 East 89th Street. “She’s going to gut it and renovate it,” said...


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