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George Ella Lyon was born and raised in Harlan County, Kentucky, the daughter of a dry-cleaner and a community worker. She grew up with one older brother in a house full of music, stories, and books. Her first ambition was to be a neon sign maker. Much later, she planned to be a folk singer in Greenwich Village. Finally she realized it was the music in the words she was after,and she has been after it ever since. Lyon is the author of With a Hammer for My Heart (a novel), Catalpa (poems, winner of the Appalachian Book of the Year Award) and Where I'm From, Where Poems Come From, a primer for young poets. Her books for young readers include five novels (Borrowed Children, The Stranger I Left Behind, and Here and Then), 22 picture books (among them Come a Tide, Together, Who Came Down That Road?, Counting on the Woods and Book), and an an autobiography, A Wordful Child. Married to musician Steve Lyon, she lives in Lexington, Kentucky, and has two sons. |
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Borrowed Children Price: $9.95 "With eloquence and an economy of language, Lyon tells a story of dreams, of journeys, of family love and acceptance, set in Kentucky during the Depression...Borrowed Children is fresh, different, and totally captivating." School Library Journal WINNER OF THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S 100 TITLES FOR READING AND SHARING LIBRARY OF CONGRESS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR |
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Counting on the Woods Price: $15.95 LIMITED QUANTITIES "Teachers and parents seeking to help children appreciate the simple beauty to be found on a walk through the woods will treasure this exquisite book." Starred review, Publishers Weekly |
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Don't You Remember? Price: $17.00 "In Don't You Remember? poet, novelist and children's writer George Ella Lyon
investigates a childhood experience in which she seemed to have uncovered memories
from another lifetime. ... Part mystery, part a study of the creative process, Don't You
Remember? leads the reader deep into essential questions about who and how we are." |
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Gina.Jamie.Father.Bear Price: $15.95 LIMITED QUANTITIES "In this finely drawn tale, Lyon weaves parallel story lines into a novel of uncommon beauty that incorporates the mysterious bonds between parents and children, love and legend....Her subtle theme--that children remain open to the inexplicable wonders of life that adults have given up--may well inspire readers to explore the mysteries in their own lives. Lyon's poet-roots inform her vivid imagery and metaphoric prose. A lyrical, memorable tale." starred review,Publishers Weekly |
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Kentucky Christmas Price: $28.00 A Kentucky Christmas is a celebration of holiday poetry, fiction, essays, recipes, and songs by more than fifty of the Bluegrass state's finest writers. Gathered here are yuletide writings from some of the legendary voices of Kentucky-and the nation-as well as original Christmas stories and poetry from some of the state's emerging talents.A delight for anyone interested in Kentucky literature, history, or traditions, A Kentucky Christmas promises to be a wonderful holiday gift, a treasured family keepsake, and a necessary addition for libraries and for personal collections. |
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Mother to Tigers Price: $17.95 "Arresting art illuminates Lyon and Catalanotto's tribute to Helen Martini, founder of the Bronx Zoo's animal nursery...the story cannot miss its mark as animal lovers appreciate Helen's love for and commitment to saving nature's newest members." Publishers Weekly PARENTS' CHOICE SILVER MEDAL 2003 BEST 'INFORMATION PLEASE' BOOKS, NICK JR. MAGAZINE JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION |
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My Friend the Starfinder Price: $16.99 Dazzled, a little girl listens to her old neighbor's story of following a falling star when he was a boy. He found it, too. He put it in her hands. But that's not all the starfinder has to tell. One day something found him. It's a story too good to keep. |
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No Dessert Forever! Price: $16.95 (hardcover) Have you ever been blamed for mischief your brother has caused? Did you get mad? Well, so does the girl in this book about a brother who pesters, and a sister who objects -- big time. In their spirited words and pictures, favorite friends George Ella Lyon and Peter Catalanotto have a fine time righting the wrong of this familiar family injustice. |
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Sonny's House of Spies Price: $16.95 "Gr 5-8-A poignant story set in Alabama in the 1950s. Thirteen-year-old Sonny longs for his father, who left the family when he was six. Uncle Marty, a local bachelor and an Elder at the One-Way Word of Faith Tabernacle, begins to escort the family to church, becoming a friend to Sonny's mother. The boy has a humorous way of describing his elders, seeing their foibles, yet remaining positive and sympathetic toward them." Starred Review, School Library Journal CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BEST OF THE BEST NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S "BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE" NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S 100 TITLES FOR READING AND SHARING |
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The Stranger I Left Behind Price: $3.95 LIMITED QUANTITES When Sumi's brother leaves for boarding school, her best friend moves away, her grandfather dies, and her mother withdraws into grief, Sumi finds herself facing the beginning of adolescence alone and afraid. |
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Trucks Roll Price: $14.99 (hardcover) "Can there ever be enough truck books? With a simple playful rhyme and big, bright pictures of powerful vehicles close up, this one is sure to be in demand. The word is BIG, not only for the vehicles but also for their trailers and wheels and other parts; for all the different loads they carry, from spaceships to toys: 'Trucks bring ice cream. / Trucks bring blocks, / books and bulldozers, dolls and clocks.' . . . After many read-alouds, lap-sit listeners will still want to point at the pictures and play." Booklist |
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Weaving the Rainbow Price: $16.95 "A beautifully presented walk through one person's artistic process." School Library Journal |
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Price: $13.95 "Novice poets will appreciate Lyon's encouragement and enthusiasm for a challenging genre." Booklist NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S "BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE" FINALIST FOR THE ALA PRINTZ AWARD |
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Price: $16.00 (hardcover) "Lyon gives readers a story rich in precise, gorgeous language that glows like a sword on the forge and cuts as deep. . . . Tragedies old and new weave a tiny Kentucky town into the center of the universe." Starred review, Booklist |
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A Wordful Child Price: $14.95 "Lyon...speaks eloquently about her love of words. One of her most important memories is of her extended family telling stories around the dinner table. Some of these stories later became books, such as A Regular Rolling Noah. Lyon recounts the years of hard work it took to become a published author." School Library Journal |
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A B Cedar NO LONGER AVAILABLEcheck your local library Grade level: PreS-1 Illustrator: Tom Parker "It could be said that this is an alphabet
book built around trees or a tree book built around the alphabet.... Easily
the basis for a nature lesson, this will intrigue children usually considered
to old for alphabet books.... A pleasing exposition." Booklist NSTA-CBC OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN |
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Ada's Pal NO LONGER AVAILABLE "A moving tale about dogs' true best friends: other dogs.... Young children will relish meeting Ada at storytime and independent readers will cherish her as well." School Library Journal |
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Book NO LONGER AVAILABLE "This oversize picture book, really an illustrated free verse poem, pays tribute to books and reading. The full page paintings embrace both the words and the spirit of the text and bibliophiles will find themselves in complete agreement with the author's exalted view of books and reading..." Judy Katsh, Children's Literature Reviews BOOKLINKS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 1999 |
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Cecil's Story NO LONGER AVAILABLE "The trauma of separation is sensitively explored in a Civil War setting in this evocative picture book.....Well worth serious consideration." Starred review, School Library Journal |
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Come a Tide NO LONGER AVAILABLE "Four families on a hillside cope with the flood.... The story is lyrically told with sly humor, and expanded to hilarity by Gammell's rollicking, wet, full-of-action, full-color cartoons....Children and adults will love this big-hearted book."Starred review, School Library Journal ABA/CBC CHILDREN'S BOOKS MEAN BUSINESS AMERICAN BOOKSELLER KIDS' PICK OF THE LIST BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE THE HORN BOOK/FANFARE LIST SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A READING RAINBOW SELECTION |
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A Day at Damp Camp NO LONGER AVAILABLE Megan and Sarah begin their camp experience as loners and end it as supportive friends....Extraordinary work is what we have come to expect from these collaborators, and the promise is once again delivered." School Library Journal |
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Dreamplace Price: $15.95 LIMITED QUANTITES "Children are treated to a vision of the past, this time among the ruins of an Anasazi village....This book is both art and literature of a quality that is rarely seen and should be cherished." Starred review, School Library Journal AN AMERICAN BOOKSELLER KIDS' PICK OF THE LISTS |
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Here and Then NO LONGER AVAILABLE Lyon's evocative style convinces...readers that extraordinary times lead to extraordinary events. The theme of 'war is hell' is movingly conveyed by a tightly woven plot and a strong sense of place." School Library Journal "The best time-travel novel in years" The Washington Post |
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One Lucky Girl NO LONGER AVAILABLE "A well-crafted picture book based, apprently, on a ture story that in both text and illustration pitches drama and tension at exactly the right level for the audience...Lyon's telling has the spareness, denseness, and vividness of poetry...but never strains for effect..." The Horn Book WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS AWARD |
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The Outside Inn NO LONGER AVAILABLE "Kids cooking up a pretend meal are the springboard for Lyon to introduce another idea....An imaginative work that will fit nicely with primary environmental curriculums." Booklist AMERICAN BOOKSELLER KIDS' PICK OF THE LIST |
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A Sign NO LONGER AVAILABLE "Lyon's lyrical autobiographical poem and Soentpiet's glowing paintings unfold quietly, articulating with deft simplicity the complex relationship between an artist's childhood dreams and adult achievements..." Publishers Weekly NCTE/NOTABLE TRADE BOOKS IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS |
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Together NO LONGER AVAILABLE The essence of youthful exhuberance is captured perfectly in this celebration of friendship...." School Library Journal |
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A Traveling Cat NO LONGER AVAILABLE "Some cats are born to travel and such a one is Boulevard, who appears at a drive-in one evening, stays with the young narrator and her family for a year and then leaves as the spring floods arrive....It's rare to find such a distinctly drawn animal character....but Boulevard is through and through a cat among cats." Kirkus Reviews |
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Who Came Down that Road? NO LONGER AVAILABLE A lovely beautifully crafted book." Pointer, Kirkus Reviews AMERICAN BOOKSELLER KIDS' PICK OF THE LIST |
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Picture Book and Young Adult Author Current Location: Lexington, KY Honorarium (fee includes three one-hour sessions):
Program Description George Ella focuses on the writing process, journal keeping, and how a book gets from her experience, thoughts, and feelings to the library bookshelf. She shows slides of home and family--where she grew up and where she lives now, commenting on how her books come from this experience. She brings many things to show the children--journals, drafts, artists' sketches, and a display on the printing process. She can also conduct a writing workshop for students and workshops for teachers on how to teach writing. |
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