David A. Adler
David A. Adler
David Abraham Adleris an American writer of nearly 200 books for children and young adults, most notably the Cam Jansen mystery series, the "Picture Book of ..." series, and several acclaimed works about the Holocaust for young readers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth10 April 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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Dreamers become writers, and for me, being a published writer is a dream come true.
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It's important to begin a biography or any book or story with something to draw the reader in.
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'One Yellow Daffodil' is both a look to the past and to the future and expresses my belief in the great spirit and strength of our children.
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For my books of nonfiction I write about subjects I find fascinating. I've been a Yankees and a Lou Gehrig fan for decades, so I wrote 'Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man.' It's more the story of his great courage than of his baseball playing. Children face all sorts of challenges, and it's my hope that some will be inspired by the courage of Lou Gehrig.
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I don't plan on writing biographies of great sports stars who are still playing ball. But I did write one on Jackie Robinson, who was playing ball in the 20th century.
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I love math and was a math teacher for many years, so it was fun for me to write several math books, including 'Fraction Fun,' 'Calculator Riddles,' and 'Shape Up!' 'Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons.'
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I love to write. I used to be a math teacher. And I like the idea that other people could write about the same subjects, but no one would write it just the way I do. It's very individual: a child could write the same story as somebody else, but it wouldn't come out the same.
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I write about people I think are interesting, and then I discuss it with my editor, and she decides if she thinks it will be interesting to children as well. If I have no great interest in the subject, I find the work to be terribly boring. And if I find the person interesting, I love the research part and, by extension, the writing as well.