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Dorothy Butler

ドロシー・バトラー

Doroshī Batora

別名: Muriel Dorothy Butler

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1925-04-24 (Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand)
死没
2015-09-20 (Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand) 90歳
国籍
New Zealand
言語
English
居住地歴
Auckland, New Zealand

経歴

職業
children's book author, bookseller, memoirist, reading advocate
活動期間
1947年〜2015年
所属
Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop

学歴

Auckland Girls' Grammar School
General Education
期間: 1930年代-1940年代
国: New Zealand
Secondary education
Auckland University College
Faculty of Arts
学位: Bachelor of Arts
期間: 1943-1947
卒業年: 1947
国: New Zealand
University of Auckland
Education
学位: Diploma in Education
国: New Zealand
For study of granddaughter Cushla

受賞歴

Eleanor Farjeon Award
1980
主催: Children's Book Circle
結果: 受賞
Margaret Mahy Award
1992
主催: Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust
結果: 受賞
Betty Gilderdale Award
1991
主催: Storylines
結果: 受賞
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1993
主催: British Monarchy
結果: 叙勲

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

My Brown Bear Barney

1980年 Children's book

Popular picture book series featuring a teddy bear named Barney.

friendshipimaginationeveryday adventures

Babies Need Books

1980年 Parenting book

Trail-blazing book on reading to babies with charm and practical advice.

reading educationparent-child bonding

Cushla and Her Books

1980年 Non-fiction

True account of how picture books transformed the life of a handicapped child.

education for handicapped childrenpower of books

全著作

  • Babies Need Books
  • Children, Books and Families
  • Cushla and Her Books
  • Five to Eight: Vital Years for Reading
  • Reading Begins at Home
  • There Was a Time
  • All This and a Bookshop Too
  • Another Happy Tale
  • Bears, Bears, Bears
  • Behave Yourself, Martha

作風・主題

文体
charming and vivacious writingdetailed helpful advice
頻出モチーフ
joy of readingfamily bondsimportance of imagination

評価・遺産

Pioneering advocate for children's reading in New Zealand, author, bookseller, recipient of multiple awards.

大衆文化への影響

  • Cushla's story retold in Jim Trelease's The Read-Aloud Handbook

豆知識

  • Mother of 8 children.
  • Established Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop in Auckland, still operating.