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Handel, who knew what he liked

A man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown as a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Anderson, Matthew T.
Other Authors:	Hawkes, Kevin (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2001.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Handel, George Frideric, > 1685-1759 > Juvenile nonfiction Composers > Biography > Juvenile.
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Summary:	A man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown as a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN:	0763610461 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	M. T. Anderson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 4, 1968. He was educated in English literature at Harvard University and Cambridge University, and received his MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. He primarily writes picture books for children and novels for young adults. His picture books include Handel, Who Knew What He Liked; Strange Mr. Satie; The Serpent Came to Gloucester; and Me, All Alone, at the End of the World. His young adult books include Thirsty, Burger Wuss, and Feed, which won the L.A. Times Book Award for YA fiction in 2003. He also writes the series A Pals in Peril Tale, and The Norumbegan Quartet. Anderson Won the 2006 National Book Award in Young People's Literature for The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party. His title Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad, was a finalist for the 2016 YALSA-ALA Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction. (Bowker Author Biography)