Bette Greene Facing Bullying – October National Bullying Prevention Month

Bette Greene, American Classic Novelist. Author Interview by Open Road Integrated Media. October 2011

 

Open Road Integrated Media ePublishes Bette Greene’s Award Winning Books

Bette Greene, American Classic Novelist. Author Interview by Open Road Integrated Media. September 2011

Summer of My German Soldier

Summer of My German Soldier was adapted as a television movie starring Kristy McNichol, Bruce Davison and Esther Rolle and broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC-TV), 1978; the film won an Emmy Award and was released as a filmstrip by Miller-Brody Productions in 1979.

Director: Michael Tuchner

Writers: Bette Greene (Novel), Jane-Howard Hammerstein (Screen Writer)

Emmy Awards

In 1979, Esther Rolle won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special  (NBC) and Jane-Howard Hammerstein (NBC) was nominated for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special. Summer Of My German Soldier also won a Humanitas Prize for the 90 Minute Category by Jane-Howard Hammerstein.

A new musical version of the novel with music and lyrics by David Brush and Jim Farley opened in Ohio in August 2003, staged by Encore Theater Company.

Summer of My German Soldier has also been released on audio-cassette.

Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe.

Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. was adapted into a filmstrip by Miller-Brody Productions in 1979. This book has also been released on audio-cassette.