Official Website of Ann McGovern, Popular Children’s Book Author
A: I can’t get on a bus or a subway without a book. I can’t go to sleep without reading. There are always stacks of books I want to read next to my bed. I sometimes I read e-books when I take a long trip, so I don’t have the weight of 20 books in … Read more
A: I love bright colors, especially on rainy or gray days. I love purple and red and bright blue and green and yellow. I’d say purple is my favorite.
A: Scuba diving! I love all the fascinating creatures of the sea. I love being weightless in the water, too, turning somersaults and playing leapfrog and never feeling the weight of that 30-pound air tank on my back. My second-favorite sport is horseback riding. I try to ride in the different countries I visit. I … Read more
A: I travel too often to keep a pet at home. But I visit my family’s pets often.
A: I have four children and they all are married. I have three wonderful grandchildren, five grand cats and a grand dog. We all live far from each other and I organize a family reunion at least once a year. Read about them and see their pictures in My Family.
A: I was married to Marty Scheiner, my fabulous husband, for 22 years. He died a number of years ago.
A: Some teachers didn’t think I was. I always got an A in English and I was a literary editor of the school magazine. But I wasn’t good at Math and Latin. History was taught in a boring way, memorizing dates and bare facts. I loved to learn and I read all the time. Unfortunately … Read more
A: I went to public schools in NYC. My elementary school, P.S. 9 was all girls, except for the 8th grade. The old school still stands on the west side of New York. Julia Richman High School had 5,000 girls and looked like a prison, with bars on the window. It’s still there, too, and … Read more
A: I never tell my real age, because on some days I feel like I’m eight years old and other days I feel like I’m 150 years old. Today, because I’m answering your questions, I feel young and happy.
A: I live in the middle of Manhattan in New York City, the most exciting city in the U.S.A. I was born in New York City, too. I live in an apartment house that has 90 other apartments in the building. I used to live in a tiny, very narrow house that inspired my book, … Read more