Then when I became a teacher one of the first assignments in my eighth graders' history book was to write a short story based on the information in the chapter they had just read. "When I was little I liked to read and tell myself stories," she once stated, "but I never thought seriously about writing for children. She has earned several prestigious writing prizes for her work, including the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book Award and an award from the Society of Midland Authors.īorn in 1940, Hickman was raised in Ohio, where she continues to live. The stresses that occur during wartime are the subject of several of Hickman's books, among them The Stones, Zoar Blue, and Ravine, while intergenerational family conflicts are found in Jericho and Susannah.
Janet Hickman has written a number of novels for middle-grade readers that focus on American history. Huck and Susan Hepler) Children's Literature in the Elementary School, 5th edition, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers ( Fort Worth, TX), 1993.Ĭontributor to professional journals, including Theory into Practice, Research in the Teaching of English, Language Arts, and Ohio Reading Teacher, and to Ingenue and Teen magazine. Cullinan) Children's Literature in the Classroom: Weaving "Charlotte's Web," Christopher-Gordon Publishers (Needham Heights, MA), 1989, revised edition (with Cullinan and Susan Hepler) published as Children's Literature in the Classroom: Extending "Charlotte's Web," 1994. Ravine, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2002.
Susannah, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1998. Jericho, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994. The Thunder-Pup, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1981. Zoar Blue, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1978. The Stones, Macmillan ( New York, NY), 1976. The Valley of the Shadow, Macmillan ( New York, NY), 1974. Awards, Honorsīoston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book Award, 1995, Ohioana Book Award, 1995, and named a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts, National Council of Teachers of English, 1995, all for Jericho Society of Midland Authors Award, 1999, for Susannah. International Reading Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Ohio Historical Society.
Member, United States Board on Books for Young People. Junior high school teacher in public schools, Whitehall, OH, 1961-64 Ohio State University, Columbus, part-time instructor in children's literature, 1968-73, lecturer, 1979-2005. Education: Ohio State University, B.Sc., 1960, M.A. Hickman (a teacher), Januchildren: John H., Holly. Born July 8, 1940, in Kilbourne, OH daughter of Bernard Franklin (a plumber) and Pauline (Williams) Gephart married John D.
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