Born in Portland, Maine, in 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat dreamed of becoming a writer.
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She has illustrated more than 60 books, including the wildly popular Junie B.
Denise Brunkus is a children\'s book illustrator.
Gutman Library.
In his honor, The Sharmat Collection, displaying the books he has written, was established at the Harvard Graduate School of Education by the Munroe C.
He is best known for the classic Gregory, the Terrible Eater, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection and a New York Times Critics\' Pick.
Mitchell Sharmat , a graduate of Harvard University, has written numerous picture books, easy readers, and novels.
Her She lives with her husband in Tuscon, Arizona.
Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden has been named one of the New York Public Library\'s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.
Several have been made into films for television, including Nate the Great Goes Undercover , winner of the Los Angeles International Children\'s Film Festival Award.
Many of Sharmat\'s books have been Literary Guild selections and chosen as Books of the Year by the Library of Congress.
Another of her childhood dreams, that of becoming a detective, has also been realized in her most popular Nate the Great series, begun in 1972.
Little did she know that she would be the author of more than 130 books for children of all ages, which have been translated into 17 languages.
Born in Portland, Maine, in 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat dreamed of becoming a writer
