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Karen Magnuson Beil

Born: in Boston, Massachusetts
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Karen worked for Chicago's City News Bureau.

Biography: After graduating college, Karen wrote articles about fires, murders, and robberies, and interviewed judges, firefighters, police officers, and even a notorious con man as a reporter for Chicago’s legendary City News Bureau. This was a wire service, a one-city version of the Associated Press, where many writers including Kurt Vonnegut got their hard-knocks start as cub reporters (they were called the “City News kids”). It’s where she learned to read upside down, ask tough questions, and meet deadlines. Since then, Karen has been an editor, science writer, magazine freelancer, publications director, and now writes for her most favorite audience—children.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Children

Email: karen.magnuson.beil@gmail.com
Website: http://www.karenbeil.com/karenbeil/Home.html
Karen Magnuson Beil on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=karen+magnuson+beil


Selected Titles

  A cake all for me!
ISBN: 9780547170367 OCLC: 889598958

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [Boston] : [2010], ©1998.

Using the themes and rhythms of traditional nursery rhymes, gives directions for baking and sharing a cake including nine, ten, eggs from the hen and fifteen, sixteen, a big bowl for mixing. Includes measurements and recipes.

  A cake all for me! /
ISBN: 0439087244 OCLC: 47075937

Scholastic Inc., New York : 1999, ©1998.

Using the themes and rhythms of traditional nursery rhymes, gives directions for baking and sharing a cake including "nine, ten, eggs from the hen" and "fifteen, sixteen, a big bowl for mixing." Includes measurements and recipes.

Fire in their eyes :
ISBN: 0152010424 OCLC: 38856047

Harcourt Brace, San Diego : ©1999.

Depicts in text and photographs the training, equipment, and real-life experiences of people who risk their lives to battle wildfires, as well as people who use fire for ecological reasons.

Grandma according to me /
ISBN: 0440409950 OCLC: 31373063

Dell Pub., New York : ©1992

A young girl shows how much she loves her grandmother by telling her what she likes about her.

  Jack's house
ISBN: 9780545212427 OCLC: 441342339

Scholastic Audio, New York : â„—2009.

Cumulative text reveals who was really responsible for the house that Jack claims to have built, and all of the trucks involved, from the bulldozer used to clear the land to the van that brought a hammock for the back yard.

Jack's house /
ISBN: 0823422429 OCLC: 449200773

Holiday House, New York : ©2009.

Cumulative text reveals who was really responsible for the house that Jack claims to have built, and all of the trucks involved, from the bulldozer used to clear the land to the van that brought a hammock for the back yard.

Mooove over! :
ISBN: 0823417360 OCLC: 52929778

Holiday House, New York : ©2004.

A trolley driver tries to keep track of how many riders he has on board, but a rude cow on the trolley makes it impossible.

 

 

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