Joy masoff biography

Joy Masoff (born 1951) is an American children's book and textbook author.
Joy Masoff has spent her career teaching children to view the world with wonder—and a great deal of irreverence.
Joy Masoff (born 1951) is a textbook author.

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Joy Masoff (born 1951) is a textbook author. The Virginia public schools have approved 14 of her books, all of which are published by Five Ponds Press. She is also the author of children's books, including Fire!, Emergency, Oh Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty, and Oh Yikes! History's Grossest Moments. Some of her works grew out of her work as a Cub Scout den leader and with Brownies.

In October 2010, a historian Carol Sheriff, who is a professor at the College of William and Mary, called into question Masoff's scholarship in writing a fourth grade textbook entitled, Our Virginia: Past and Present. Masoff wrote that thousands of slaves fought in the American Civil War on the side of the South, which is rejected by most historians. Masoff explained that Virginia state curriculum requires that the role of African-Americans in the war be covered, so she used the internet to research the topic and found three sources. However, all three sources traced back to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who do not

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Joy Masoff facts for kids

Joy Masoff (born 1951) is an American children's book and textbook author.

Career

The Virginia public schools have approved 14 of her books, all of which are published by Five Ponds Press. Her children's books include Fire!, Emergency, Oh Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty, and Oh Yikes! History's Grossest Moments.

Some of her works grew out of her work as a Cub Scout den leader and with Brownies.

Criticism of Our Virginia: Past and Present

In October 2010, a historian Carol Sheriff, who is a professor at the College of William and Mary, called into question Masoff's scholarship in writing a fourth grade textbook entitled, Our Virginia: Past and Present. Masoff wrote that thousands of slaves fought in the American Civil War on the side of the South, which is rejected by most historians. Masoff explained that Virginia state curriculum requires that the role of African-Americans in the war be covered, so she used the internet to research the topic and found three sources. However, all three sources traced back to the Sons of Conf

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Books by Joy Masoff

Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty
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4.04 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions

Oh, Yikes!: History's Grossest Wackiest Moments
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3.90 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions

Oh, Ick!: 114 Science Experiments Guaranteed to Gross You Out!
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4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions

The Boo Boo Book
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3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions

Chronicle Of America: Colonial Times, 1600-1700
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3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions

Chronicle Of America: American Revolution, 1700-1800
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2000

Scholastic History Readers: Everest Reaching For The Sky (level 3)
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3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions

Fire!
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions

Mali: Land of Gold and Glory