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Aliki Liacouras Brandenberg

アリキ・リアカウラス・ブランデンブルク

Ariki Riacourasu Burandenburugu

Pen Names: Aliki（Pen name）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1929-09-03 （Wildwood Crest, New Jersey）
Nationality
American
Languages
English, Greek
Residence History
Philadelphia → New York → Switzerland → London → New York City

Career

Occupations
Author, Illustrator
Active Years
1951-
Influenced
Franz Brandenberg

Education

Philadelphia Museum School of Art
Art
Year of Graduation: 1951
Country: United States

Awards

Pennsylvania School Librarians' Association Award
1991
Organization: Pennsylvania School Librarians' Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fossils Tell of Long Ago

Children's literature

A children's nonfiction book about how fossils tell stories of the past.

FossilsScience education

Mummies Made in Egypt

Children's literature

About how mummies were made in ancient Egypt.

MummiesAncient Egypt

Feelings

Children's literature

A picture book exploring emotions.

FeelingsFamily

Bibliography

  • A Medieval Feast
  • A Picnic Hurrah
  • A Play's the Thing
  • A Robber, A Robber
  • A Secret for Grandmother's Birthday
  • A Weed is a Flower
  • Ah, Music!
  • All By Myself
  • At Mary Bloom's
  • Aunt Nina and her Nephews and Nieces
  • Averages
  • Bees and Beelines
  • Best Friends Together Again
  • Christmas Tree Memories
  • Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
  • Communication
  • Corn is Maize
  • Digging Up Dinosaurs
  • Dinosaurs Are Different
  • Dinosaur Bones
  • Dinosaur Dig
  • Diogenes
  • Everyone Ready?
  • Feelings
  • Five Dolls in a House
  • Fossils Tell of Long Ago
  • Fresh Cider and Pie
  • Go Tell Aunt Rhody
  • Green Grass and White Milk
  • Hello! Good-Bye!
  • Home: A Collection Of Thirty Distinguished Authors And Illustrators Of Children's Books To Aid The Homeless
  • How a Book Is Made
  • Hush Little Baby
  • I Once Knew a Man
  • I Want to Read
  • I Wish I Was Sick, Too
  • I'm Growing
  • It's Not My Fault
  • Jack and Jake
  • Keep Your Mouth Closed, Dear
  • Leo and Emily
  • Manners
  • Marianthe's Story
  • Milk: From Cow to Carton
  • Mommy's Briefcase
  • Mummies Made in Egypt
  • My Feet
  • My Five Senses
  • My Hands
  • My Visit to the Aquarium
  • My Visit to the Dinosaurs
  • My Visit to the Zoo
  • New Year's Day
  • Nice New Neighbors
  • No School Today
  • Oh Lord, I Wish I Was a Buzzard
  • One Little Spoonful
  • Overnight at Mary Bloom's
  • Push Button
  • Quiet in the Garden
  • Six New Students
  • Tabby
  • The Eggs
  • The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
  • The King's Day
  • The Listening Walk
  • The Long Lost Coelacanth and other Living Fossils
  • The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin
  • The Story of Johnny Appleseed
  • The Story of William Penn
  • The Story of William Tell
  • The Twelve Months
  • The Two of Them
  • This is the House Where Jack Lives
  • Those Summers
  • Three Gold Pieces: A Greek Folk Tale
  • Use Your Head, Dear
  • We Are Best Friends
  • Welcome, Little Baby
  • What Can You Make of It?
  • What's For Lunch, Charley?
  • What's Wrong with a Van?
  • Wild and Woolly Mammoths
  • William Shakespeare and the Globe

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Educational nonfiction style for childrenVisual expression with abundant illustrations
Recurring Motifs
Greek heritageHistory and scienceFamily and friendship

Legacy

Renowned American author and illustrator of children's books, known for fun depictions of science and history.

Archives

  • de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi

In Popular Culture

  • Her books featured on Reading Rainbow

Trivia

  • Greek-American.
  • Married to Swiss children's book author Franz Brandenberg (died 2022).
  • Daughter Alexa is also a children's book author and illustrator.