Authors and Illustrators Database

Shutta K. Crum

Born: 11/29/1951  Paintsville
Parents: Melvin and Evelyn Crum
Spouse: Gerald R. Clark
Children: Geoffrey, Jennifer (stepchildren)
Address(es):
Permanent:
P. O. Box 7444
Ann Arbor, MI 48107
USA
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.shuttacrum.com
Website: http://www.shutta.com
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of Dozens of Cousins Dozens of Cousins Fiction, Picture Book Children New York : Clarion Books 2013
Image of Mine! Mine! Fiction, Picture Book Children New York : Alfred A. Knopf 2011
Image of Thomas and the dragon queen Thomas and the dragon queen Fantasy Children New York : Alfred A. Knopf 2010
Image of Thunder-Boomer! Thunder-Boomer! Fiction, Picture Book Children New York : Clarion Books 2009
Image of A Family for Old Mill Farm A Family for Old Mill Farm Fiction, Picture Book, Poetry Children New York : Clarion Books 2007
Image of Bravest of the Brave Bravest of the Brave Picture Book, Poetry Children New York : Knopf 2005
Image of My Mountain Song My Mountain Song Fiction, Picture Book Children New York : Clarion 2004
Image of Spitting Image Spitting Image
- n the small town of Baylor, Kentucky, twelve-year-old Jessie K. Bovey and her friends confront some of life's questions during their summer vacation in the late 1960s. 		Historical Fiction Children New York : Clarion 2003
Image of The House in the Meadow The House in the Meadow Picture Book, Poetry Children Morton Grove, IL : Albert Whitman & Co. 2003
Image of Click! Click! Picture Book, Poetry Children Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2003
Image of Fox & Fluff Fox & Fluff Fiction, Picture Book Children Morton Grove, IL : Albert Whitman & Co. 2002
Image of Who Took My Hairy Toe? Who Took My Hairy Toe? Folklore, Picture Book Children Morton Grove, IL. : Albert Whitman and Company 2001
Image of All on a Sleepy Night All on a Sleepy Night Picture Book, Poetry Children Allston, Mass. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2001
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Twenty years of working with young children and books in libraries, has given me an intense writing passion. I often have to find the discipline to stop writing and pay attention to the rest of my life! I hope to spread that enthusiasim to young writers.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes
Inquiries can be sent through her website at www.shuttacrum.com or www.shutta.com

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts in Library Science (M.A.L.S.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1956-1960

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Storyteller Ann Arbor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1981
Branch manager/Youth specialist librarian/Outreach librarian
- I held a variety of positions, including branch manager for 15 years. But I was a youth specialist and an outreach librarian also. (Retired in 2004.) 		Ann Arbor District Library Ann Arbor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1981-2004
Director South Lyon Public Library South Lyon, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1979-1981
Visiting author
- During the 1970s. 		Michigan Council for the Arts/Poetry in the Schools Program Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
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