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Mark Taylor

Born: 08/15/1927 Linden, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 05/16/1992
Parents: Wilton Huebler, Constance Huebler Chinery
Address(es):
Last known
Montebello , CA

Writings

Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
Young Melvin and the Bulger - When Melvin leaves home to see the world after his father dies, he leaves his dog with a crafty old man who tries to cheat him. However, Melvin has tricks of his own.	Fiction	Children	Garden City, NY : Doubleday	1981
The Case of the Missing Kittens	Picture Book	Children	Atheneum	1978
Henry Explores the Mountains	Picture Book	Children	New York : Atheneum	1975
Jennie Jenkins - Of all the Jenkins family, Jenny is the most different and stubborn, which she proves by her approach to the first Nettle Bottom Ball.	Picture Book	Children	Boston : Little, Brown	1975
The Wind's Child - Only the Witch Wind can bring the Wind's child to his heart's desire.	Picture Book, Poetry	Children	New York Atheneum	1973
Henry, the Castaway	Picture Book	Children	New York : Atheneum	1972
Lamb, Said the Lion, I Am Here - The animals of the earth have a three day truce to discuss the nature of God.	Picture Book	Children	San Carlos, Calif.: Golden Gate Junior Books	1971
The Fisherman and the Goblet: A Vietnamese Folk Talk - A beautiful maiden thinks she loves a fisherman she has never seen, but when she finally meets him she forgets his love is more important than his ugly face.	Folklore, Picture Book	Children	San Carlos, Calif : Golden Gate Junior Books	1971
Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea - Bobby Shafto's unhappy experiences at sea change him from a dandy to a tough match for pirates. Based on an old nursery song.	Picture Book	Children	San Carlos, Calif.: Golden Gate Junior Books	1970
Old Blue, You Good Dog, You - Old Blue is the laziest hound dog in four counties except when it comes to his feud with Old Possum. Includes unaccompanied melody with words.	Picture Book	Children	San Carlos, Calif : Golden Gate Junior Books	1970
Wind in My Hand - The life of the eighteenth-century Japanese haiku poet. Includes translations of some of the poems.	Biography	Children	San Carlos, Calif Golden Gate Junior Books	1970
Time for Old Magic - Compiler with May H. Arbuthnot Folk and fairy tales from more than twenty-three countries.	Non Fiction	Adult, Children, Teen	Glenview, IL : Scott, Foresman	1970
The Old Woman and the Pedlar - The tale of Mulberry Meg, based on a nursery rhyme, and how she was persuaded to marry the pedlar. Includes musical setting of the song.	Picture Book	Children	San Carlos, Calif.: Golden Gate Junior Books	1969
Henry Explores the Jungle - When a little boy sets off with his dog and wooden gun to explore the jungle, his mother doesn't believe he will catch a tiger as he claims he will. But neither he nor his mother know a circus tiger has escaped!	Picture Book	Children	New York : Atheneum	1968
A Time for Flowers - Japanese in the United States	Picture Book	Children	San Carlos, Calif.: Golden Gate Junior Books	1967
The Bold Fisherman - The ballad on which the children's story is based, arranged for voice and piano, with chord symbols, on end papers.	Non Fiction	Children	San Carlos, CA : Golden Gate Junior Books	1967
Henry, the Explorer	Picture Book	Children	New York : Atheneum	1966
- Articles and reviews, Library Journal, Book Talk, The Reading Teacher and others
- Educational filmstrip and television scripts.

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name	Date
Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People, recognition of excellence.	1976
Newbery Award consideration	1975
National Defense Education Act Fellowship, graduate study in media	1969-1971
Library Journal, selected The Bold Fisherman one of best books of the year.	1967
National Association for Better Radio and Television, best children's television series of 1963-1964.	1963-1964
Dutton-Macrae Award	1956

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name	Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition	1993
Authors of Books for Young People
Something about the Author

Education:

Degree	Institution	Location	Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Instructional Technology	University of Southern California	Los Angeles , CA	1976
Master of Science (M.S.)	University of Southern California	Los Angeles , CA	1970
Master of Arts in Library Science (M.A.L.S.)	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	1952
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor , MI	1950
Attended	Tufts College	Medford, MA	1945-1947

Career:

Position	Organization	Location	Date
Freelance writer, lecturer, consultant			1970
Television producer and performer	Columbia Broadcasting System	New York	1962-1964
Children's book columnist	Los Angeles Times	Los Angeles, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent	1962-1969
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library Science	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent	1960-1969
Head of Youth Adult Services	Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library	Dayton	1957-1960
Storyteller, balladeer			1950
radio producer and performer	University of Michigan Broadcasting Service	Ann Arbor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent	1950-1956
Children's librarian	University of Michigan Elementary School	Ann Arbor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent	1950-1956
- Author-in-residence for many schools across the country
- Conducted workshops and seminars for many associations such as The Children's Book Council.
- Guest lecturer, instructor at San Francisco State University, University of Nebraska, many others.

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