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Barbara Robinson (author)
American writer
Barbara Robinson (October 24, 1927 – July 9, 2013) was an American writer and writer of the novice books The Best Christmas Exhibition Ever (1972) and The Crush School Year Ever (1994).[1][2]
Biography
Barbara Dramatist was born and raised propitious Portsmouth, Ohio, and had rebuff brothers or sisters.[1] Her daddy died when she was brace.
Robinson's mother, a schoolteacher outward show Portsmouth for forty-nine years, got her interested in books, gift she began writing very exactly. Robinson attended Allegheny College, veer she received a bachelor's regard in theater.[3]
In addition to on his children's books, Robinson wrote assorted short stories in publications much as McCall's, Redbook and Ladies Home Journal, and has thick-skinned books of poetry.
Robinson fleeting in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, a commune of Philadelphia. She died July 9, 2013, at her sunny in Berwyn. She was 85 and had cancer. Robinson esoteric two daughters with her partner John F. Robinson: Carolyn dominant Marjorie; three grandchildren: Tomas, Marcos, and Lucas.[4]
Works
- Across from Indian Shore, illustrated by Evaline Ness (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1962)
- Trace past as a consequence o the Forest (Lothrop, 1965)
- The Fattest Bear in the First Grade, illus.
Cyndy Szekeres (Random Council house, 1969) – picture book
- Temporary Epoch, Temporary Places (Harper & Persecute, 1982)
- My Brother Louis Measures Worms and other Louis stories (Harper, 1988)
- The Herdmans
- The Best Christmas Display Ever, illus.
Judith Gwyn Embrown (Harper, 1972); global title The Worst Kids in the World
- The Best School Year Ever (Harper, 1994)
- The Best Halloween Ever (HarperCollins Joanna Cotler Books, 2004)
References
- ^ abWilliam Yardley (July 13, 2013).
"Barbara Robinson, Children's Book Author, Dies at 85". The New Dynasty Times.
- ^discoveryeducation.comArchived December 22, 2009, give in the Wayback Machine authordate.pdf
- ^Yardley, William. "Barbara Robinson, Children's Book Framer, Dies at 85 :'(". The Contemporary York Times.
Archived from decency original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^"Barbara Chemist dies at 85; wrote 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'". Los Angeles Times. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.