Barbara Annette Steiner
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Description
Born in Arkansas in 1934, she moved to Boulder with her husband, Kenneth Steiner, in 1966. He preceded her in death in 2005. She first worked as a teacher, then quit to write full time. She wrote more than 70 books, picture books, animal books, humor, mysteries, horror stories, romances, school stories and historical novels. Steiner visited more than 94 countries and all seven continents, she said. She hiked the Milford Track in New Zealand and did a walking climb of Mt. Kenya in eastern Africa. She rode elephants looking for tigers in India and climbed into tombs in Egypt. She taught writing classes and workshops for children and adults across the United States and in Mexico, along with teaching creative writing at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the continuing education program for 13 years. Steiner also was the co-founder and long term member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, serving as the vice president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter from 1976 to '77 and president from 1977 to '78. Steiner collaborated with Kathleen Phillips, another Boulder author, on books about writing. Source
Books
Biography of a kangaroo rat
A kangaroo rat grows up, learns to live alone, and fights his natural enemies on the desert.
Biography of a Bengal tiger
Records the lives of a female tiger and her three cubs in their Indian jungle habitat.
Secret love
The first red rose arrives after Mandy sprains her ankle. The second one comes on her birthday. The cards are not signed. Who sent them? Her boyfriend, Matt? Her father? Or does she have a secret admirer? Mandy hardly has time to think about it. Her sophomore year is so confusing! Matt wants to go steady - but Mandy's not ready yet. Pris, who used to be her best friend, is only interested in dating, so she and Mandy are slowly growing apart. And Ted, her long-time friend, is acting distant and cool. The red roses remain a mystery—until ten more arrive the day of the Christmas dance, and Mandy learns that secret love can be true love... [text from book jacket]
But not Stanleigh
Stanleigh, a raccoon who lives in a house, goes out one morning to explore the outside world, but by lunchtime is ready to come home.
Oliver Dibbs and the dinosaur cause
Immersed in studying his favorite topic, dinosaurs, Oliver involves his fifth grade class in a campaign to make the stegosaurus the Colorado state fossil and runs afoul of an interfering bully.
The phantom
Football season at Stony Bay High is starting without their star quarterback who died following a spinal injury the previous year. But it appears his ghost has come back for revenge.
Ghost cave
In pursuit of a reward for the discovery of an Indian burial site, Marc and two friends get lost in a cave inhabited by a ghost.
Valerie
Biography of a polar bear
Describes the characteristics and habits of a polar bear from birth to maturity.
Oliver Dibbs to the rescue!
Beginning by painting his dog with tiger stripes, ten-year-old Ollie embarks on a series of sometimes disastrous moneymaking ventures to raise funds on behalf of wildlife preservation.