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Mary Pope Osborne

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MARY POPE OSBORNE

CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER
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BIOGRAPHY

  • Grew up in the military
  • She craved adventure because of constant changes of scenery
  • She eased that crave by going to the theater downtown
  • Mary attended the University of NC(Chapel Hill)

BIOGRAPHY

  • While at the hospital she read the Tolkien Trilogy
  • She became well enough to return home & moved to Carmel California (hairdresser)lll
  • She visited D.C. & went to a play, there she met a man(Will)
  • They got married a year later
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BIOGRAPHY

  • Mary wrote her first book(run, run, as fast as you can)
  • She wrote hundreds of books
  • Writing is a miracle!
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PERSONAL INFLUENCES

  • Military life
  • Traveling the globe
  • Going to theater as a child
  • Her husband(actor)
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PROFESSIONAL INFLUENCES

  • Tolkien Trilogy
  • Studying Drama & Mythology
  • Having a variety of jobs
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SOCIAL IMPACT

  • Mary Osborne had much of her impact on children
  • Her books used imagery, which made children use their imaginations
  • Child literacy is very important to Mary.

WORK CITED

  • Osborne, Mary P. Biography. 2013
  • Osborne, Mary P. Authors: Career. 2013
  • Osborne, Mary P. Meet the Writers: Biography, US, Barnes& Noble, 1997-2013