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Jane Yolen is a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who has written more than three hundred books. Her accolades include the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerlan Award, two Christopher Awards, and six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born and raised in New York City, the mother of three and the grandmother of six, Yolen lives in Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.

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	The Devil's Arithmetic 4.03 avg rating — 60,523 ratings — published 1988 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), John Schoenherr (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 44,081 ratings — published 1987 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Mark Teague 4.17 avg rating — 37,928 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Terri Windling (Introduction) 3.79 avg rating — 14,876 ratings — published 1992 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon's Blood (Pit Dragon Chronicles, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 12,429 ratings — published 1982 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author), Mark Teague (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 10,580 ratings — published 2005 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Sending of Dragons (Pit Dragon Chronicles, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 5,465 ratings — published 1987 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
― Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

tags: childhood, disease, literature

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“Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.”
― Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

tags: happily-ever-after, perspective

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“Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.”
― Jane Yolen, The Books of Great Alta

tags: fantasy, fiction, young-adult

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Polls

June FANTASY: This first round poll decides which two books will go on to the second round for our June 2014 Fantasy Book-of-the-Month.

Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

22 votes, 21.6%

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

14 votes, 13.7%

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

14 votes, 13.7%

The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock

13 votes, 12.7%

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

12 votes, 11.8%

The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley

9 votes, 8.8%

Except the Queen by Jane Yolen, Midori Snyder

6 votes, 5.9%

The House of the Stag by Kage Baker

5 votes, 4.9%

Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard

4 votes, 3.9%

Stray Souls by Kate Griffin

2 votes, 2.0%

Memory's Wake by Selina Fenech

1 vote, 1.0%

102 total votes

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