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Phillip M. Hoose

フィリップ・エム・フース

Firippu M. Hūsu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1947-05-31 （South Bend, Indiana, U.S.）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
South Bend, Indiana → Angola, Indiana → Speedway, Indiana → Portland, Maine

Career

Occupations
author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles, songwriter, musician
Active Years
1986-2024
Affiliations
The Nature Conservancy
Memberships
Founding member of the Children's Music Network, Member of the band Chipped Enamel
Nominations
National Book Award finalist (2001, We Were There, Too!)

Education

Indiana University
Country: United States
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Forestry & Environmental Studies
Country: United States
卒業

Awards

National Book Award
2009
Work: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Category: Young People's Literature
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: Winner
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
2004
Work: The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
Category: Nonfiction
Result: Winner
Newbery Honor
2010
Work: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Result: Honor
Robert F. Sibert Award – Honor
2010
Work: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Result: Honor
Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
2015
Work: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
Category: Nonfiction
Result: Honor

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

2009 Nonfiction

Nonfiction account of Claudette Colvin, a pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement who resisted segregation in Montgomery, Alabama.

Civil Rights MovementRacial SegregationYouth Activism

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

2004 Nonfiction

The story of efforts to save the Ivory-billed Woodpecker from extinction.

ConservationEndangered SpeciesEnvironmentalism

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95

2012 Nonfiction

Nonfiction account of the red knot bird B95 and its incredible migrations.

Bird MigrationWildlifeSurvival

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

2015 Nonfiction

Story of Danish boys who sabotaged Nazis during WWII.

World War IIResistanceYouth Courage

Bibliography

  • Hoosiers: the Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana
  • Hey, Little Ant
  • We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History
  • It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference
  • The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
  • Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me
  • Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
  • Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
  • The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club
  • Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City
  • Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird
  • Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Engaging narrative nonfictionDetailed historical research
Recurring Motifs
Youth activismEnvironmental and social justice

Legacy

Acclaimed author of nonfiction for children and young adults, honored with major awards for works on history, environment, and social justice.

Trivia

  • Worked at The Nature Conservancy for 37 years.
  • Founding member of the Children's Music Network.