Born:
 1938
Madison, Wisconsin,
United States Of America

Current Home:
Lancaster, Pennsylvania,

Judith Gorog

Biography

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Born in 1938 in Madison, Wisconsin, Judith Gorog grew up in Pennsylvania, Texas, and California before moving with her mother and stepfather to Wiesbaden, Germany, where she attended an American Air Force high school. After the suburbs, Gorog loved living in a European city, and spent her time exploring the beautiful streets, visiting coffeehouses, and taking horseback-riding lessons. In addition to the local culture, there was an American library with thousands of books in English for her to read. Gorog returned to the United States for college, attending San Jose State College and graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1961. She received her master's degree from Mills College in 1963.

After working for many years as an editor and technical writer, Gorog published her first children's book, A Taste for Quiet and Other Disquieting Tales, in 1982. Since then she has made a name for herself with her “spooky” stories and has published novels and picture books in addition to collections. Gorog and her Hungarian-born husband lived in Italy for a year, and have traveled to Peru, Japan, and Hungary. They have three children and a number of pets. Gorog speaks German, French, Italian, and Hungarian as well as English. When she is not writing, she counts among her many interests cooking, skiing, hiking, swimming, people-watching, and visiting hardware stores.

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  Little Scholastic: The Noisy Egg by Judith Nicholls Discover nature through this rhyming story with realistic surfaces to touch! Gorgeous textured art with informative labels help explain the life cycle of a chick. Surprise pop-up at the end! Introducing Little Scholastic, a developmental publishing program of interactive books created exclusively to give babies and toddlers a head start in learning. Every book features: Interactive components High color contrast Rhyming, repetitive, or predictable text $6.99 Board Book | Grade Pre-K

  
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  	Alexander, que era rico el domingo pasado by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz Alexander had hoped to save the dollar from his grandparents for a walkie-talkie. But then he bought some gum, lost a couple of bets with his brother, rented his friend's pet snake, and soon found he was no longer rich! $4.95 Paperback Book | Grades K-2

  
  Alexander, que era rico el domingo pasado
  Grades K-2 $4.95