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Kathryn Lasky is an American author renowned for her works in children's and young adult literature. Born on June 24, 1944, she began writing in 1978 and has since published numerous works, including novels, poetry, and plays. Her writing often explores historical, mythological, and moral issues, making her works popular among readers.

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All Owl Ifs Knows Thinking Heart Light Moon Sky Twilight Dream Fields Fire Love Marie Antoinette Night Stories Sun Tree Way World

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“When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if it was about females, they were girls who were going to grow up to be famous like Betsy Ross, Clara Barton, or Harriet Tubman. No one ever wrote about plain, normal, everyday girls.”

Ifs Girl Reading Grows Fiction Growing Up Growing Normal Female Historical Males Everyday Historical Fiction Clara Betsy Ross

Author:Kathryn Lasky

“To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect of nature, etc. follows.”

Ifs Thinking I Can Important Stories Can Do Enlightenment Important Things Etc Good Story

Author:Kathryn Lasky

“Far away if first black, But it shall be back Over field Over flower In the twilight hour. We are home in our tree. We are owls, we are free. As we go, this we know Glaux is nigh.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Home Black Hours Tree Fields Flower Twilight Far Away Owl

Author:Kathryn Lasky

“Very possible! Possible, indeed. Maybe even probable, which, as you know if you study your arithmetic,can happen more often than possible. In other words, probable is more possible than possible. - Bubo”

Ifs Knows Happens Study Arithmetic

Book:Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians

Source: Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians

“Everything here at St. Aggie's is upside down and inside out. It's our job not to get moon blinked and to stand right side up in an upside down world. If we don't do that we'll never be able to escape. We'll never be able to think. And thinking is the only way we'll be able to plan an escape." -Gylfie”

Ifs Thinking World Way Able Jobs Sides Plans Moon Down And Upside Down

Book:The Capture

Source: The Capture

“The tail of the comet slashed the dawn and in the red light of the rising sun, for a brief instant, it seemed as if the comet was bleeding across the sky.”

Ifs Light Sun Sky Red Dawn Instant Rising Tails Bleeding Comets Red Lights

Book:Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians

Source: Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians

“She told them simply and directly that the meadow was a place of peace and beauty, where indeed if one came to it in a quiet manner, the animals would not be disturbed; for there are lovely birds, and squirrels and field mice, and sometimes deer.”

Ifs Sometimes Animal Fields Quiet Bird Lovely Mice Disturbed Meadows Deer Squirrels Places Of Peace

Book:The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769

Source: The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769

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Born: June 24, 1944
Known for: Author
Quotes: 50

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Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the GuardiansRelated source material

Wolves of the BeyondRelated source material

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A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen BowenRelated source material

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Guardians of Ga'Hoole #12: The Golden TreeRelated source material

Guardians of Ga'Hoole #1: The CaptureRelated source material

Guardians of Ga'Hoole #2: The JourneyRelated source material

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