Celia Barker Lottridge (born 1936) is a Canadian children's writer .

Lottridge was born in Iowa City, Iowa . She received a BA in modern European history from Stanford University , a MLS from Columbia University and a BEd from the University of Toronto . 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. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Books [ edit ]

• 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: Grolier , 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 , 1989), reteller; U.S. edition 1990, Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Ten Small Tales , illus. Joanne Fitzgerald (McElderry, 1990), reteller; reprinted 2005, Groundwood
• The American Children's Treasury ( Key Porter Books , 1991), editor
• Ticket to Curlew , illus. Wendy Wolsak-Frith (Groundwood, 1992), novel; published 1996 as Ticket to Canada , Silver Burdett; received the Geoffrey Bilson Award and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award ^[1]
• 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 (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 (Groundwood, 2004), reteller

References [ edit ]

Sources [ edit ]

• Ten Small Tales [1] [2]
• Ten Small Tales: Stories from Around the World [3] [4]
• Home is Beyond the Mountains [5]
• THE NAME OF THE TREE: A Bantu Folktale [6]

External links [ edit ]

• Celia Barker Lottridge at Groundwood Books (archived 2011-09-30)
• Celia Barker Lottridge at The Writers' Union of Canada (archived 2012-02-24)
• Celia Barker Lottridge at the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (archived 2009-01-03)
• Celia Barker Lottridge at Library of Congress , with 9 library catalogue records

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