Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke

Duke married cartoonist Sidney Harris in 1985. 1997 by Kate Duke (Author, Illustrator) 228 ratings Part of: Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 (93 books) Library binding from £12.00 4 Used from £12.00 Paperback £5.19 13 Used from £1.85 6 New from £4. Duke went on to craft more than 20 picture books, writing and illustrating her own work, as well as providing illustrations for other authors including Joanna Cole and William Hooks. Kate Duke Archaeologists Dig for Clues: 1 (Lets-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2) Paperback Illustrated, 1 Jan. She followed up her debut with Guinea Pigs Far and Near (Dutton, 1984) and several other titles starring the popular critters. Her first book, The Guinea Pig ABC (Dutton) was published in 1983 and received warm accolades for its humor and inventiveness. She attended Duke University in the mid 1970s and also took art classes in New York City, which helped solidify her growing ambition to create picture books. “I think I owe Harriet my first conscious awareness of the act of writing as important and meaningful work,” she said. She had said that reading was a favorite pastime all through childhood, and in an interview for Something About the Author noted that Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy was a fictional character she modeled, right down to keeping tabs on the people in her neighborhood. She followed up her debut wi Duke was born in New York City on August 1, 1956.

Every chipped rock, charred seed, or fossilized bone could be a clue to how people lived in the past. She attended Duke University in the mid 1970s and also took art classes in New York City, which helped solidify her growing ambition to create picture books. Archaeologists on a dig work very much like detectives at a crime scene.

Duke was born in New York City on August 1, 1956.

Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke