Celia Barker Lottridge
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Description
Celia Barker Lottridge was born in Iowa City in 1936. Her family moved often as her father, a college professor, moved from job to job, and as a child Lottridge became an avid reader in lieu of making lasting friendships. Lottridge graduated from Stanford University in 1957 with a degree in modern European history in 1957, and from Columbia University with a master of library science in 1959. She worked as a children's librarian in San Diego and then at a private school in New York City. Upon her divorce from her husband in the mid-1970s, she and her six-year-old son moved to Toronto, where her brother lived, and she has remained there ever since. While working as a book buyer in Toronto, Lottridge continued storytelling and writing, and her first published work, Gerasim and the Lion, was released in 1979. She helped to form the Storyteller's School of Toronto to promote storytelling in the city's schools, and in the 1980s she began writing seriously. She has written or contributed to over twenty books.
Books
Berta
"–Buenas tardes, abuelita. –Hola, muchacho. ¿Cómo van esos estudios? Pedro besó a la dama, se sentó frente a ella y suspiró. –Espero aprobar. Tenía dieciséis años, pero nadie lo diría. Por su aspecto y por su modo de pensar, parecía un hombre de veintitrés. La abuela se sentía orgullosa de él. Era uno de sus nietos preferidos. Claro que los demás estaban muy lejos, pero aun así, encontraba en Pedro cualidades estimables que no halló en ningún otro nieto, cuando éstos, en sus vacaciones, pasaban por la ciudad costera a hacerle una visita. Pedro era, como ya había dicho, un hombre en miniatura. Llegaría a ser un buen médico, como lo fue su abuelo, como lo eran sus tíos y como lo fue su padre."
Ten Small Tales
A collection of folktales from various cultures and countries, including Malaysia, Russia, Puerto Rico, and the Congo.
Music for the tsar of the sea
Sadko is poor in everything but music. One day the Tsar of the Sea hears him play and offers him riches if he will come and play in the Tsar's palace under the sea.
Ticket to Canada
In 1915 eleven-year-old Sam and his father arrive in an undeveloped part of western Canada and begin to plan a new farm for the family waiting back in Iowa.
The Wind Wagon
Sam Peppard, a blacksmith in 1860s Kansas, builds a prairie schooner that sails to Denver, Colorado, powered by wind.
The name of the tree
When the other animals fail at the task, the slow but wise turtle finds a way to obtain the bountiful fruits of a magic tree.
The juggler
Beran makes a pact with the devil to become the greatest juggler in the world.
A Children's treasury of American stories & poems
A collection of traditional and contemporary stories and poems by prominent American authors, chosen specifically for children.
Telling tales
The listening tree
When Ellen and her mother board with Aunt Gladys in the city, Ellen finds comfort in the old tree near her window, and realizes she must overcome her fears of the outside world when she overhears a disturbing plot.