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Elizabeth Winthrop is the author of more than 50 works of fiction for all ages. She is the winner of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the Pen Syndicated Fiction Award. Elizabeth has written books for children of all ages (The Castle In The Attic, Counting on Grace, Dumpy La Rue), novels for adults (In My Mother’s House and Island Justice), short stories (The Golden Darters, Best American Short Stories 1992), and poetry (published in anthologies and literary reviews).
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Featured Books by Elizabeth
SHOES
There are shoes to buckle shoes to tie shoes too low Which pair of shoes fits you best? An enduring classic. Slip into this book and tap your feet to the jaunty rhymes. The comical, full-color illust
THE RED-HOT RATTOONS
Here they are, my five tap dancing rats who tiptoed out of the pages of DUMPY LA RUE (thanks to my amazing illustrator, Betsy Lewin) and marched right into a comic fantasy novel of their own. Their na
SQUASHED IN THE MIDDLE
ALA NOTABLE Book, Bank Street College BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Selection, Starred Selection, Booklinks, Best New Books for the Classroom! Daisy's father was chopping carrots. Her mother was talking on t
COUNTING ON GRACE
Inspired by a famous Lewis Hine photograph, Elizabeth Winthrop's latest book is set in a Vermont mill town in 1910, when child labor was common, and a bright, eager girl had to struggle to receive an
THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC
Winner of The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award and The California Young Readers Medal Ten year old William can't wait to play with the mysterious castle his housekeeper, Mrs. Phillips, has given him. Fo
THE BATTLE FOR THE CASTLE
A Sequel to THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC When William turns twelve, he wonders if Jason is still his best friend. In the past year, Jason has grown a foot while William is still a shrimp. When Jason cha
DOG SHOW
WHEN HARVEY HEARD ABOUT THE BONESPORT DOG SHOW, HE WAS VERY EXCITED. FRED THE BASSET HOUND WAS NOT. HARVEY PLANNED FOR MONTHS. FRED HOPED IT WOULD NEVER COME. Harvey entered Fred in every class -- sh
THE BIGGEST PARADE
Harvey was excited when the mayor appointed him parade chairman. He loved parades. Fred did not. Fred doesn't want to be in the parade - not in the beginning, not in the middle, and not in the end.
THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING
"Dream your dreams, my child, and knit them into the wool." A long time ago a girl named Claire learned to knit by her mother's side. As the mother knit mittens, scarves and all sorts of clothing for
HALLOWEEN HATS
Floppy hats and sloppy hats, silly hats and frilly hats. Flowered hats for bees to buzz in, fussy hats from someone's cousin. Hats to cover up your toes (those are socks as everyone knows). PinwheeQuote of the Day
I believe that to create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage.