Betty Levin Explained

Betty Levin
Birth Name:Elizabeth Lowenthal
Birth Date:10 September 1927
Birth Place:New York City
Death Place:Lincoln, Massachusetts
Occupation:College professor, writer
Father:Max Lowenthal
Relatives:David Lowenthal (brother), John Lowenthal (brother), Julian Mack (great-uncle)

Elizabeth "Betty" Lowenthal Levin (September 10, 1927 – July 4, 2022) was an American college professor and a writer who specialized in fiction for young readers. She was co-founder of the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature, and of Children's Literature New England. She was also a sheep farmer, and bred border collies.

Early life and education

Betty Lowenthal was born in New York City, the daughter of Max Lowenthal and Eleanor Mack Lowenthal. Her father was an attorney;[1] her mother was a music educator who worked on refugee resettlement during and after World War II. Her older brothers were attorney John Lowenthal[2] and historian and geographer David Lowenthal.[3] Their great-uncle was judge Julian Mack.

Lowenthal attended the National Cathedral School and graduated from Horace Mann Lincoln School in 1945. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in 1949,[4] and a master's degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1951.

Career

Levin was a member of the faculty at Simmons College,[5] and co-founded the Center for the Study of Children's Literature there. She also helped to found Children's Literature New England, a non-profit organization. Levin ran a sheep farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts,[6] [7] and was a founding member of the New England Border Collie Association. She was an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[8]

Publications

Books by Levin

Levin began writing children's books after a creative writing fellowship at the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College from 1968 to 1970.[9] She published more than two dozen books for children, often set in New England, and sometimes with time-travel themes. She received the Hope Sweetser Dean Award in 2001, and the Judy Lopez Memorial Children's Book Award in 1989.[10] She said, "Literature can only continue to grow from the roots of our collective experience if children understand that they are born creative and that all humans are myth users and storytellers."[11] "Levin combines several genres popular with the middle school reader," noted a Chicago Tribune reviewer in 1997, "and the mixture will draw in even a reluctant reader."[12]

Academic publication by Levin

Personal life

Betty Lowenthal married lawyer and publisher Alvin Leon Levin (1924–1987, who was not the author Alvin Levin) in 1947, while they were both students at the University of Rochester. They had three daughters. She and her husband both survived polio in the 1950s; he used a wheelchair afterward. Her husband died in 1987,[39] and one of her daughters died in 2016. She died in July 2022, at the age of 94, in Lincoln, Massachusetts.[40]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Collection: Max Lowenthal papers . 2022-12-06 . University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides.
  2. News: Lavietes . Stuart . 2003-09-21 . John Lowenthal, 78, Professor Who Made Film on Hiss Trials . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-06 . 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: Clout . Hugh . 2018-09-27 . David Lowenthal obituary . 2022-12-06 . The Guardian . en.
  4. News: 1949-06-21 . List of Graduates and Prize Winners at U. of R. Commencement Exercises . 30 . Democrat and Chronicle . 2022-12-06 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1979-04-24 . Children's Book Workshop Set . 10 . Poughkeepsie Journal . 2022-12-06 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1983-05-24 . Shepherds, suburban style . 2 . The Boston Globe . 2022-12-06 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Cole . Caroline L. . 1990-05-13 . 18th Sheep-Shearing Festival is next Sunday . 308 . The Boston Globe . 2022-12-06 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: Ashworth . Diana . 1994-04-19 . There's Blood, Sweat and Tears Behind the Magic of Children's Books . 5 . Rutland Daily Herald . 2022-12-06 . Newspapers.com.
  9. Book: Hedblad, Alan . Something about the author. [electronic resource] ]. 2003 . Detroit, Mich. : Gale . Internet Archive . 978-0-7876-5209-8 . 122–127 . Internet Archive.
  10. News: 1989-05-03 . Children's Books Focus of Banquet . 57 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-12-06 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: Betty Levin . 2022-12-06 . HarperCollins . en.
  12. News: Veeder . Mary Harris . 1997-09-07 . Children's Corner . 379 . Chicago Tribune . 2022-12-06 . Newspapers.com.
  13. Book: Levin, Betty . The zoo conspiracy . 1973 . Hastings House . Marian Parry . 978-0-8038-8811-1 . New York . 572848.
  14. Book: Levin, Betty . The sword of Culann . 1973 . Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc . 0-02-757340-0 . New York . 609713.
  15. Book: Levin, Betty . A griffon's nest . 1975 . Macmillan . 0-02-757350-8 . New York . 1094954.
  16. Book: Levin, Betty . The forespoken . 1976 . MacMillan . 0-02-756400-2 . New York . 2213201.
  17. Book: Levin, Betty . Landfall . 1979 . Atheneum . 0-689-50148-X . New York . 4908095.
  18. Book: Levin, Betty . The beast on the brink . 1980 . Avon Books . Marian Parry, Peter Heins, Margery Heins . 0-380-76141-6 . 1st Camelot printing . New York . 1039191865.
  19. Cech, John (1981-03-22). "Levin Suggests People, Events are Connected". The Chapel Hill News. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-12-06. via Newspapers.com
  20. Book: Levin, Betty . A binding spell . 1984 . F. Dutton . 0-525-67151-X . New York . 10799941.
  21. Book: Levin, Betty . The ice bear . 1986 . Greenwillow Books . 0-688-06431-0 . New York . 13094361.
  22. News: 1989-05-03 . Children's Books Focus of Banquet . 57 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-12-06 . Newspapers.com.
  23. Book: Levin, Betty . Brother Moose . 1990 . Greenwillow Books . 0-688-09266-7 . New York . 19920914.
  24. Book: Levin, Betty . Mercy's mill . 1992 . Greenwillow Books . 0-688-11122-X . New York . 24375452.
  25. Book: Levin, Betty . Away to me, Moss! . 1994 . Greenwillow Books . 0-688-13439-4 . New York . 29879006.
  26. Book: Levin, Betty . Starshine and Sunglow . 1994 . Greenwillow Books . Joseph A. Smith . 0-688-12806-8 . New York . 28797988.
  27. Book: Levin, Betty . Fire in the Wind . 1995 . 0-688-14299-0 . New York . 31815262.
  28. Book: Levin, Betty . Island Bound . 1997 . Greenwillow Books . 0-688-15217-1 . New York . 35860940.
  29. Book: Levin, Betty . The Banished . 1999 . Greenwillow Books . 0-688-16602-4 . New York . 39739694.
  30. Book: Levin, Betty . Creature Crossing . 1999 . Greenwillow Books . Joseph A. Smith . 0-688-16220-7 . New York . 38430531.
  31. Levin, Betty. Shadow Catcher (Harper Collins, 2010 reprint).
  32. Book: Levin, Betty . That'll do, Moss . 2002 . Greenwillow Books . 0-06-000532-7 . New York . 47625385.
  33. Book: Levin, Betty . Shoddy Cove . 2003 . Greenwillow Books . 0-06-052271-2 . New York . 50043125.
  34. Book: Levin, Betty . The unmaking of Duncan Veerick . 2007 . Front Street . 978-1-932425-96-3 . Asheville, N.C. . 82171119.
  35. Book: Levin, Betty . The unmaking of Duncan Veerick . 2007 . Front Street . 978-1-932425-96-3 . Asheville, N.C. . 82171119.
  36. Book: Levin, Betty . The Forbidden Land . 2010 . Namelos . 978-1-60898-098-7 . South Hampton, N.H. . 682649924.
  37. Levin, Betty. Gift Horse (Harper Collins 2010).
  38. Levin . Betty . April 1981 . Peppers' Progress: One Hundred Years of the Five Little Peppers . Horn Book Magazine . en . 57 . 2 . 161–73.
  39. News: Burge . Kathleen . 2004-04-11 . Where past, present collide Metco tests Lincoln's history of social activism, town's fiscal concerns . 34 . The Boston Globe . 2022-12-06 .
  40. Web site: Betty Lowenthal Levin's Obituary (2022) . 2022-12-06 . Legacy.com.

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