Stemple, Jason

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Stemple, Jason

Personal

Son of David Stemple (a professor) and Jane Yolen (a children's book author). Education: Greenfield Community College, A.A. (graphic design); Western State College of Colorado, B.A. (business).

Addresses

Home and office—Charleston, SC. Agent—Elizabeth Harding, Curtis Brown, 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Photographer, author, and graphic designer. Formerly worked as a photo lab technician, ski photographer, and fly-fishing guide.

Illustrator

PHOTOGRAPHER

Jane Yolen, A Letter from Phoenix Farm, R.C. Owen Publishers (Katonah, NY), 1992.

Jane Yolen, Water Music: Poems for Children, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press (Honesdale, PA), 1995.

Jane Yolen, Once upon Ice, and Other Frozen Poems, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press (Honesdale, PA), 1997.

Jane Yolen, House, House, Marshall Cavendish (New York, NY), 1998.

Jane Yolen, Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children, Wordsong (Honesdale, PA), 1998.

Jane Yolen, Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People, Wordsong (Honesdale, PA), 2000.

Jane Yolen, Horizons: Poems as Far as the Eye Can See, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press (Honesdale, PA), 2002.

Jane Yolen, Wild Wings: Poems for Young People, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press (Honesdale, PA), 2002.

Jane Yolen, Least Things: Poems about Small Natures, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press (Honesdale, PA), 2003.

Jane Yolen, Fine Feathered Friends: Poems for Young People, Wordsong (Honesdale, PA), 2004.

Jane Yolen, Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers, Wordsong (Honesdale, PA), 2005.

Jane Yolen, Shape Me a Rhyme: Nature's Forms in Poetry, Wordsong (Honesdale, PA), 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklinks, July, 2005, Rebecca Rupp, review of Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People, p. 60; November, 2006, review of Least Things: Poems about Small Natures, p. 18.

Booklist, May 15, 2002, Susan Dove Lempke, review of Wild Wings: Poems for Young People, p. 1596; November 1, 2004, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of Fine Feathered Friends: Poems for Young People, p. 478; April 1, 2006, Carolyn Phelan, review of Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers, p. 38.

Children's Bookwatch, April, 2006, review of Count Me a Rhyme.

Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2002, review of Wild Wings, p. 349; September 1, 2003, review of Least Things, p. 1133; February 1, 2006, review of Count Me a Rhyme, p. 139.

Library Media Connection, January, 2003, review of Horizons: Poems as Far as the Eye Can See, p. 95; November-December, 2006, Kare Sebesta, review of Count Me a Rhyme, p. 87.

Publishers Weekly, August 25, 2003, "Back to Basics," p. 66.

School Library Journal, June, 2002, Sharon Korbeck, review of Wild Wings, p. 127; October, 2002, Nina Lindsay, review of Horizons, p. 152; October, 2003, Donna Cardon, review of Least Things, p. 157; December, 2004, Susan Scheps, review of Fine Feathered Friends, p. 172; April, 2006, Lee Bock, review of Count Me a Rhyme, p. 132.

Science Books and Films, May, 2003, review of Wild Wings, p. 105.

Tribune Books (Chicago, IL), September 22, 2002, review of Horizons, p. 4.