Celia Barker Lottridge (born 1936) is a Canadian

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. Lottridge was born in

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. She received a BA in modern European history from Stanford University, a

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. Lottridge worked as a librarian in San Diego, New York City and Rhode Island. She was a teacher and librarian for the Toronto School Board. From 1977 to 1990, she was a book buyer for a children's book store in Toronto.

Books

* ''Gerasim and the Lion'', illustrated by Joanne Page ( Erin, ON: Bright Star Bookstores, 1979) * ''The Juggler'' ( Richmond Hill, ON: North Winds Press, 1985), Lottridge and Ariadna Ochrymovych * ''Prairie Dogs'' (Toronto:

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, 1985), Lottridge and Susan Horner; bound with ''Bighorn Sheep'' by Bill Ivy; reprinted 1999, Grolier * ''Mice'' (Grolier, 1986), Lottridge and Horner * ''One Watermelon Seed''), illus. Karen Patkau (Toronto: Stoddart Books, 1986), picture book * ''The Name of the Tree: a Bantu Tale'', illus. Ian Wallace, (

Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and developing new Canadian writers of literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. History Anans ...

, 1989), reteller; U.S. edition 1990,

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* ''Ten Small Tales'', illus. Joanne Fitzgerald (McElderry, 1990), reteller; reprinted 2005, Groundwood * ''The American Children's Treasury'' (

Key Porter Books Key Porter Books was a book publishing company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1979 by Anna Porter, later well known as a writer, the company specialized in Canadian non-fiction, although it published some fiction too. It ceased o ...

, 1991), editor * ''Ticket to Curlew'', illus. Wendy Wolsak-Frith (Groundwood, 1992), novel; published 1996 as ''Ticket to Canada'', Silver Burdett; received the

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and the

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Celia Lottridge
profile by Dave Jenkinson at the Manitoba Library Association * ''Something Might Be Hiding'', illus. Paul Zwolak, (Groundwood, 1994), picture book * ''Music for the Tsar of the Sea: a Russian Wonder Tale'', illus. Harvey Chan (Groundwood, 1995), reteller * ''The Wind Wagon'', illus. Daniel Clifford (Silver Burdett Press, 1995), novel * ''Letters to the Wind: Classic Stories and Poems for Children'' (Key Porter, 1995), compiler; published 2001 as ''American Stories and Poems for Children'' * ''Wings to Fly'', illus. Mary Jane Gerber (Groundwood, 1997), novel * ''Bounce Me, Tickle Me, Hug Me: Lap Rhymes and Play Rhymes from around the World'', compiled by Sandra Carpenter-Davis (Toronto: Parent-Child Mother Goose Program, 1997), adaptor * ''The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button: a Hungarian Folktale'', illus.

Joanne Fitzgerald Joanne Fitzgerald was a Canadian artist, illustrator and writer. Twice-shortlisted for the Canadian Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration, her book ''Dr. Kiss Says Yes'' won the award in 1991. Early life and education Fitzgeral ...

(Groundwood, 2001), reteller; received Mr. Christie's Book Award * ''Berta, a Remarkable Dog'', illus. Elsa Myotte (Groundwood, 2002), novel * ''Stories from the Life of Jesus: Stories from the Bible'', illus. Linda Wolfsgruber (Groundwood, 2004), reteller * ''Stories from Adam to Ezekiel; Retold from the Bible'', illus.

Gary Clement Gary Clement (born July 1959) is a Canadian artist, illustrator and writer living in Toronto, Ontario. Clement is the daily political cartoonist for Canada's ''National Post'' in Toronto since the newspaper's launch in 1998. His illustration work ...

(Groundwood, 2004), reteller

References

Sources

*''Ten Small Tales

*''Ten Small Tales: Stories from Around the World

*''Home is Beyond the Mountains

*''THE NAME OF THE TREE: A Bantu Folktale

External links

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at Groundwood Books (archived 2011-09-30)
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at the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (archived 2009-01-03) * 1936 births Living people 20th-century Canadian novelists Canadian children's writers Canadian storytellers Women storytellers Canadian women novelists Canadian women children's writers 20th-century Canadian women writers Date of birth missing (living people) Columbia University School of Library Service alumni {{Canada-writer-stub