Lasky, Kathryn

Overview

Works:	1,346 works in 3,097 publications in 8 languages and 162,944 library holdings
Genres:	Juvenile works Fiction Fantasy fiction History Historical fiction Biography Diary fiction Biographies Literature Animated films
Roles:	Author, Editor, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Conceptor, Other, Contributor
Classifications:	PZ7.L3274, FIC

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Kathryn Lasky

Presenting Kathryn Lasky by Joanne Brown( Book )
Children's literature review. excerpts from reviews, criticism, and commentary on books for children and young people by Thomas LaBorie Burns( )
Legend of the guardians : the owls of Ga'Hoole by Zack Snyder( Visual )
Something about the author. facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people by Maikue Vang( )
Legend of the Guardians (1 disc) : the owls of Ga'Hoole( Visual )

Strange country : explorations through the territories of motherhood and child disability : consisting of an exegesis (60,000 words) and a creative work of memoir (40,000 words) by Kathryn Lasky( )
Legend of the guardians : the owls of Ga'Hoole 3D by Zack Snyder( Visual )
The night journey : teaching unit( Book )
Kathryn Lasky( )
Papers by Kathryn Lasky( )

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Most widely held works by Kathryn Lasky

A journey to the New World : the diary of Remember Patience Whipple by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

29 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in English and held by 3,154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World

The capture by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

32 editions published between 2003 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 2,912 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The reader is introduced to Soren, a barn owl and the centerpiece of the series. When Soren is pushed from his family's nest by his older brother, he is rescued from certain death on the forest floor by agents from a mysterious school for orphaned owls, St. Aggie's. When Soren arrives at St. Aggie's, he suspects there is more to the school than meets the eye. He and his new friend, the clever and scrappy Gylfie, find out that St. Aggie's is actually a training camp where the school's leader can groom young owls to help achieve her goal

Dreams in the golden country : the diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish immigrant girl by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

9 editions published between 1998 and 2003 in English and held by 2,744 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904

The journey by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

31 editions published between 2003 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 2,589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Great Ga'Hoole tree is a mythic place where Soren, Gylfie, Twilight and Digger seek to find the means to fight the evil that infects the kngdom. There they will be tested in ways they never dreamed, but there they can learn to become true Ga'Hoolian owls--brave, wise, honest, true

John Muir : America's first environmentalist by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

6 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in English and held by 2,547 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of John Muir, naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club, whose travels, speeches and writings led directly to the creation of the Yosemite National Park in 1890 and other national parks that followed

The rescue by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

29 editions published between 2004 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 2,457 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Even though Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed to see his sister, Eglantine, again. Now Eglantine is back in Soren's life, but she's been through an ordeal too terrible for words. And Ezylryb, Soren's mentor, has disappeared ... In order to rescue him, Soren must embark upon a perilous quest."--Page 4 of cover

Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

11 editions published between 1999 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 2,227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health

Sugaring time by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

21 editions published between 1983 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from maple trees and processes it into maple syrup

The librarian who measured the earth by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

18 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in English and Arabic and held by 2,168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the Earth's circumference

Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

10 editions published between 2000 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 2,137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Roman i dagbogsform om den unge Marie Antoinette

The siege by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

22 editions published between 2004 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 2,108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Enraged by his clash with Soren and driven by and all-consuming desire for power, Kludd and his group, the Pure Ones, launch an attack upon the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The noble owls who live there must fight fiercely to protect their resources and defend their honor."--Page 4 cover

The shattering by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

22 editions published between 2004 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,091 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Soren's sister, Eglantine, is falling under the spell of a strange nightly dream. Then, just as Soren notices her trancelike state, Eglantine disappears, and the dreams become a deadly waking nightmare that puts the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole in terrible danger."--Page 4 of cover

Lone wolf by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

14 editions published between 2010 and 2012 in English and Chinese and held by 2,071 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abandoned by his pack, a baby wolf with a mysterious mark on his deformed paw survives and embarks on a journey that will change the world of the wolves of the Beyond

The burning by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

10 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 1,948 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Soren and his band must fly to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to find allies against the Pure Ones who are about to launch another deadly attack against the great tree. The Grand Battle begins with the search for allies in the Northern Kingdoms and ends in The Burning that will change all Owldom forever. Soren and his band are sent to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to gather allies and learn the art of war in preparation for the coming cataclysmic battle against the sinister Pure Ones. Meanwhile, in the Southern Kingdoms, St. Aggies has fallen to the Pure Ones and they are using its resources to plan a final invasion of The Great Ga'Hoole Tree. With the future of all Owldom in the balance, the parliament of Ga'Hoole must decide whether or not to join forces with the brutal Skench and Sporn and the scattered remnants of St. Aggies who remain faithful to them. A great battle is on the way. A great Battle is on the horizon and drawing near. In preparation, Soren and his band must fly to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to find allies and study the grim art of war. Meanwhile, St. Aggie's has fallen to the Pure Ones. If they are not stopped, they will launch another, more deadly attack against the great tree. And without allies from the north, Ga'Hoole will surely fall. Soren's mission must succeed. And the final battle must be won. The coming conflagration will demand wisdom, bravery, and sacrifice from all the owls of the great tree, and from Soren and the band, nothing less than heroism

Tumble bunnies by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 1,880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Feeling untalented in the team sports scheduled for his school's Sports Spectacular, Clyde the rabbit develops his own event, a freestyle tumbling routine with a dazzling move called the "twirly burly."

The hatchling by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

11 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in English and held by 1,836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After Kludd's death, his mate Nyra is determined that her hatchling, Nyroc, will fulfill his father's destiny of viciously oppressing all of the owl kingdomes, but Nyroc, fed by scraps of forbidden legend and news of a place where goodness and nobility reign, defies his mother and his destiny

The man who made time travel by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

7 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and Spanish and held by 1,801 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the need for sailors to be able to determine their position at sea and the efforts of John Harrison, an eighteenth century man who spent his life refining instruments to enable them to do this

Shadow wolf by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

8 editions published between 2010 and 2012 in English and Chinese and held by 1,795 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After earning the right to return to the wolf pack that abandoned him, the exiled Faolan joins the clan as a lowly "gnaw wolf," but his goal of rising in the pack order is threatened when a jealous rival frames him for an unspeakable crime

The outcast by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

12 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in English and held by 1,781 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nyroc has glimpsed a new destiny in the of his father's bones. In search of that destiny leaves for The Beyond the Beyond

A time for courage : the suffragette diary of Kathleen Bowen by Kathryn Lasky( Book )

13 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 1,768 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family

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