Andrew Clements

Andrew Clements (born May 7, 1949) is an American author of books for children. Clements grew up in New Jersey and Illinois, United States. He worked as a teacher for seven years after college. He started his literary career by writing the text for picture books, and went on to write children's novels. His first novel was "Frindle", which still remains one of his best-known works. Most of his novels' covers depict a person, usually a child, holding something up to the reader. Clements currently lives in Westborough, Massachusetts, with his wife Rebecca and their four children.

elected Bibliography

* "Big Al" (1990)
* "Frindle" (1996)
* "The Landry News" (1999)
* "The School Story" (2000)
* "The Janitor's Boy" (2000)
* "Jake Drake, Bully Buster" (2001)
* "Jake Drake, Know-It-All" (2001)
* "A Week in the Woods" (2002)
* "Things Not Seen" (2002)
* "The Jacket" (2002)
* "The Report Card" (2004)
* "The Last Holiday Concert" (2004)
* "Lunch Money" (2005)
* "Room One" (2006)
* "A Million Dots" (2006)
* "Things Hoped For" (2006)
* "No Talking" (2007)
* "Lost And Found" (2008)
* "Things That are" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/clements.html Biographical article about Andrew Clements]
* [http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0703/p22s1.html "Made-up stories of real life" - interview with Andrew Clements by Yvonne Zipp, July 3, 2001]
* [http://www.andrewclements.com Official website of Andrew Clements]
* [http://www.frindle.com/ Official "Frindle" website]