Arleta Richardson

Born: 03/09/1923   Flint , MI
Died: 07/25/2004
Parents: Clarence A. Wright, Alma P. (Richardson) Wright
Address(es):
Last known address
Los Angeles , CA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Maria
- Biography of Maria Monnoia
Biography Adult Indianapolis, IN : Light and Life Communications 1998
Across the Border
- Through prayer, thirteen-year-old Ethan meets the challenges of moving with his adopted family to a homestead in Mexico. #4 Orphans' Journey
Fiction Children Colorado Springs, Colo. : Chariot Family Pub 1996
A day at the fair
- Mabel finds out how important prayer is when she and her best friend Sarah Jane are lost in unfamiliar woods near the fairground.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1995
Prairie homestead
- Eight-year-old orphan Ethan and his three younger siblings are taken in by the Rush family and find themselves homesteading in South Dakota. #3 Orphans' Journey
Fiction Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1994
Looking for Home
- In 1907, while starting a new life in a Christian orphanage, eight-year-old Ethan and his three younger siblings hear about the prospect of being sent west on an Orphan Train and pray to stay together. #1 Of Orphans' Journey
Fiction Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1993
The Grandma's attic cookbook Non Fiction Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1993
Whistle-stop west
- In 1908 eight-year-old Ethan and his three younger siblings ride an Orphan Train into Nebraska, where they hope with God's help to start a new life on a farm. #2 Orphans' Journey
Fiction Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1993
Christmas Stories From Grandma's Attic
- Grandma Mabel relates the events of many past Christmases.
Fiction , Michigan Children Colorado Springs, CO : David C. Cook 1991
Stories From the Growing Years
- Still content with her life as a minister's wife in a small Michigan farming community, Mabel observes with great interest the busy lives of family and friends.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1991
New Faces, New Friends
- Continues the adventures of Mabel, now pregnant and content with her life as a minister's wife in a small Michigan farming community, as she observes another minister's pursuit of someone to marry.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1989
At Home in North Branch
- Mabel finds life as a minister's wife in a small Michigan farming community brings many joys as well as many tribulations.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1988
A heart for God in India
- This is the story of the first Free Methodist missionary family in India, Ernest and Phebe Ward and their three daughters. Though the dialog is fiction, it is based on actual situations, people, and conditions in India at the turn of the century.
Fiction Children Winona Lake, Ind. : Light and Life Press 1988
Nineteen and Wedding Bells Ahead
- The time before Mabel's wedding is busy as she teaches school and prepares for her new life as a preacher's wife.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1987
Eighteen and On Her Own
- Fresh out of school herself, eighteen-year-old Mabel takes a teaching job in a farming community similar to the one where she grew up. Also called "A School of Her Own"
Fiction Children Elgin, Ill. : Chariot Books 1986
Love Shining Through : Tsuchiyama
- "He was from a Buddhist family that feared the name of Jesus, but he became a Saint Paul of Japan."
Biography Adult Winona Lake, IN : Light and Life Press 1986
Sixteen and Away From Home
- In 1889 two sixteen-year-olds leave their homes to go to the academy in town, where they stay with relatives and enjoy being "grown up."
Fiction Children Elgin, IL. : Chariot Books 1985
Treasures From Grandma
- Continues the adventures of Mabel, now thirteen, as she attends school and takes part in family life on a Michigan farm in the late nineteenth century.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, IL : Chariot Books 1984
Still More Stories From Grandma's Attic
- A collection of tales told by a grandmother about her childhood on a Michigan farm in the 1890's.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, IL : Chariot Books 1980
More Stories From Grandma's Attic
- Relates the further adventures of a young girl growing up during the late 19th century on a farm in Michigan.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, IL : David C. Cook 1979
In Grandma's Attic : stories to live, love, laugh & learn by
- Tales told by a grandmother about her childhood in the late nineteenth century.
Fiction , Michigan Children Elgin, IL : David C. Cook 1974
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To emphasize moral and Christian values to children in an entertaining, non-preaching way."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1961 -1965

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Teacher Private School Los Angeles , CA 1963 -1969
College Teacher/Librarian Los Angeles Pacific College Los Angeles , CA 1953 -1963
College Teacher/Librarian Spring Arbor College Spring Arbor , MI 1949 -1953
Teacher Beecher School District Flint , MI 1945 -1947
U. S. Army 1945 -1945
Self-employed writer

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