Authors and Illustrators Database

Born: 12/09/1928  New York, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Max (a psychiatrist) and Charlotte (a teacher) Winsor
Spouse: Peter Blos, Jr. (a psychoanalyst)
Children: Stephen (deceased) and Sarah
Address(es):
c/o K. Balkun Childrens Publicity, Morrow Jr. Books
New York, NY 10019
Permanent:
1725 South University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Letters from the corrugated castle : a novel of gold rush California, 1850-1852	Historical Fiction	Children, Teen	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers	2007
	Hello, Shoes!	Fiction, Picture Book	Children	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers	1999
	Bedtime!	Picture Book	Children	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers	1998
	Nellie Bly's Monkey: His Remarkable Story in His Own Words	Historical Fiction, Travel	Children	New York : Morrow Junior Books	1996
	Hungry Little Boy	Picture Book	Children	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers	1995
	Brooklyn Doesn't Rhyme		Children	Scribner	1994
	A Seed, a Flower, a Minute, an Hour	Non Fiction, Picture Book, Poetry	Children	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers	1992
	The Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale Both True and Otherwise of the Life of Molly Brown	Adventure, Biography, Travel	Children	New York : Morrow Junior Books	1991
	Lottie's Circus	Fiction, Picture Book	Children	New York : Morrow Junior Books	1989
	One Very Best Valentine's Day	Fiction, Picture Book	Children	New York : Little Simon	1989
	The Grandpa Days - Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully	Picture Book	Children	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers	1989
	Old Henry - Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book	Fiction, Picture Book	Children	New York : Morrow Junior Books	1987
	Brothers of the Heart: A Story of the Old Northwest, 1837-1838	Historical Fiction	Children	New York : Scribner	1985
	Martin's Hats	Fiction, Picture Book	Children	New York : Morrow Junior Books	1984
	A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1838 - Newbery Award. 1980	Historical Fiction	Children	New York: Charles Scribners	1979
	Just Think - With Betty Miles	Fiction	Children	New York : Knopf	1971
	"It's Spring," She Said	Picture Book	Children	New York : Knopf	1968
	Joe Finds a Way - With Betty Miles	Fiction	Children	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers	1967
	In the City		Children	Macmillan	1964
	People Read - With Betty Miles		Children	Macmillan	1964

What is the aim or goal of your writing: Have stated somewhere that I believe that children's books in the aggregate are among the ways in which literate societies cherish and inform their young. I am glad to be part of that process.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Midland Society of Authors (juvenile non-fiction) for Heroine of the Titanic	1992
Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Old Henry	1987
John Newbery Medal, American Book Award (Children's Fiction) for A Gathering of Days	1980
U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Books	1980
Booklist Editor's Choice for Old Henry

MeLCat Links:
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Other biographical information at Harper Collins website: http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Teachers/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=15773

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