Pam Conrad

Pam Conrad (June 18, 1947 – January 22, 1996) was an American children's writer.[1] Her book Our House: Stories of Levittown was a Newbery Medal finalist.[1] Her book Stonewords won an Edgar Award.

Conrad was born in New York City and graduated from the New School for Social Research.[1] She died of breast cancer on January 22, 1996, at the age of 48.[1] She lived in Rockville Centre, New York, where she raised two daughters.[1]

Books

Stonewords (series)

  • Stonewords: A Ghost Story (1990)
  • Zoe Rising (1996)

Novels

  • I Don't Live Here! (1983 or 1984)
  • Prairie Songs (1985)
  • Holding Me Here (1986)
  • What I Did For Roman (1987)
  • A Seal Upon My Heart (1988)
  • Taking the Ferry Home (1988)
  • My Daniel (1989)
  • The Lost Sailor (1992)
  • Our House: Stories of Levittown (1995)
  • Pumpkin Moon (novel for adults) (1994)

Collections

  • Bathtub Voyages (1993)

Picture Books

  • Seven Silly Circles (1987)
  • The Tub People (1989)
  • The Tub Grandfather (1993)
  • Molly and the Strawberry Day (1994)
  • Doll Face Has a Party! (1994)
  • Animal Lingo (1995)
  • Call Me Ahnighito (1995)
  • The Rooster's Gift (1996)
  • Animal Lullabies (1997)
  • Old Man Hoover's Dead Rabbit (1997)
  • This Mess (originally published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books in 1980; published again in 1998, re-illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles)
  • Don't Go Near That Rabbit, Frank! (1998)
  • Blue Willow (1999)
  • The Tub People's Christmas (1999)
  • Is Anyone Here My Age? (2005)

Chapter Books

  • Staying Nine (1988)

Non fiction

  • Prairie Visions: The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher (1991)
  • Pedro's Journal (1991)
  • Book Guides (2003)

References
  1. "Pam Conrad, 48, Children's Author", The New York Times, January 26, 1996.


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