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Ann Turner (writer)

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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Ann Turner

Children
  
2

Spouse
  
Rick Turner

Period
  
1970-present


Born
  
Ann Warren December 10, 1945 (age 78) Northampton, Massachusetts (
1945-12-10
)

Katie s trunk by ann turner


Ann Warren Turner (born December 10, 1945) is an American poet and children's author.

Contents

Poetry

  • Tickle a Pickle illustrated by Karen Ann Weinhaus (Macmillan, 1986)
  • Street Talk illustrated by Catherine Stock (Houghton Mifflin, 1986)
  • Grass Songs illustrated by Barry Moser (Harcourt, 1993)
  • A Moon for Seasons illustrated by Robert Noreika (Macmillan, 1994)
  • The Christmas House illustrated by Nancy Edwards Calder (HarperCollins, 1994)
  • Mississippi Mud illustrated by Robert J. Blake (HarperCollins, 1997)
  • A Lion's Hunger illustrated by Maria Jimenez (Marshall Cavendish, 1998)
  • Learning to Swim: a Memoir (Scholastic, 2000)
  • Picture books

  • Dakota Dugout illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1985)
  • Time of the Bison illustrated by Beth Peck (Macmillan, 1987)
  • Nettie's Trip South illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1987)
  • Hedgehog for Breakfast illustrated by Lisa McCue (Macmillan, 1989)
  • Heron Street illustrated by Lisa Desimini (Harper & Row, 1989)
  • Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies illustrated by James Hale (Harper & Row, 1990)
  • Stars for Sarah illustrated by Mary Teichman (HarperCollins, 1991)
  • Katie's Trunk illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1992)
  • Rainflowers illustrated by Robert J. Blake (HarperCollins, 1992)
  • Apple Valley Year illustrated by Sandi Wickersham Resnick (Macmillan, 1993)
  • Sewing Quilts illustrated by Thomas B. Allen (Macmillan, 1994)
  • Shaker Hearts illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 1997)
  • Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War illustrated by Mark Hess (HarperCollins, 1998)
  • Let's Be Animals illustrated by Richard E. Brown (HarperFestival, 1998)
  • Angel Hide and Seek illustrated by Lois Ehlert (HarperCollins, 1998)
  • Red Flower Goes West illustrated by Dennis Nolan (Hyperion, 1999)
  • Secrets from the Dollhouse illustrated by Raúl Colón (HarperCollins, 2000)
  • In the Heart illustrated by Sally Mavor (HarperCollins, 2001)
  • Abe Lincoln Remembers illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 2001)
  • When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia: What I Learned of Freedom, 1776 illustrated by Mark Hess (HarperCollins, 2003)
  • Pumpkin Cat illustrated by Amy June Bates (Hyperion, 2004)
  • Sitting Bull Remembers illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 2007)
  • Novels

  • A Hunter Comes Home (Crown, 1980)
  • The Way Home (Crown, 1982)
  • Third Girl from the Left (Macmillan, 1986)
  • Grasshopper Summer (Macmillan, 1989)
  • Rosemary's Witch (HarperCollins, 1991)
  • Dust for Dinner illustrated by Robert Barrett (HarperCollins, 1995)
  • One Brave Summer (HarperCollins, 1995)
  • Elfsong (Harcourt, 1995)
  • Finding Walter (Harcourt, 1997)
  • The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (Scholastic, 1999)
  • Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (Scholastic, 2003)
  • Maïa of Thebes: 1463 B.C. (Scholastic, 2005)
  • Hard Hit (Scholastic, 2006)
  • Father of Lies (HarperTeen, 2011)
  • Awards

  • 1967: first prize, The Atlantic Monthly college creative writing contest
  • 1991: first prize, National Council for the Social Studies, Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies
  • References

    Ann Turner (writer) Wikipedia