Barbara Ann Porte Bibliography

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Titles by Virginia author Barbara Ann Porte:

BOOKS:
Beauty and the Serpent; Thirteen Tales of Unnatural Animals, Simon & Schuster,
2001.
Black Elephant With a Brown Ear (in Alabama), Greenwillow, 1996.
Chickens! Chickens!, Orchard Books, 1995.
(ABA "Pick of the List," Parents' Choice Foundation Picture Book Honor)
Fat Fanny, Beanpole Bertha, and the Boys, Orchard Books, 1991.
Harry Gets an Uncle, Greenwillow, 1991. (Child Study Association of America,
Children's Books of the Year)
Harry in Trouble, Greenwillow, 1989. (ALA Notable)
Harry's Birthday, Greenwillow, 1994.
Harry's Dog, Greenwillow, 1984. (ALA Notable)
Harry's Mom, Greenwillow, 1985. (Child Study Association of America, Children's
Books of the Year)
Harry's Pony, Greenwillow, 1997. (ABA "Pick of the List")
Harry's Visit, Greenwillow, 1983. (ALA Notable)
Hearsay: Strange Tales From the Middle Kingdom, Greenwillow, 1998. (Anne Izard
Storyteller's Choice Award)
He's Sorry, She's Sorry, They're Sorry, Too, Hanging Loose Press, 1998. (short stories,
adult)
I Only Made Up the Roses, Greenwillow, 1987.
If You Ever Get Lost; the Adventures of Julia and Evan, Greenwillow, 2000.
(Parents Guide to Children's Media Award)
Jessie's Ghost and Other Stories, Greenwillow, 1983.
The Kidnapping of Aunt Elizabeth, Greenwillow, 1985. (ABA "Pick of the List")
Leave That Cricket Be, Alan Lee, Greenwillow, 1993.
Ma Jiang and the Orange Ants, Orchard Books, 2000. (Nest Literary Classics award,
NSTA award)
Ruthann and Her Pig, Orchard Books, 1989. (Best Books, Parents Magazine and
Learning)
Something Terrible Happened, Orchard Books, 1994. (young adult) (ALA Best Books
for Young Adults list)
Surprise! Surprise! It's Grandfather's Birthday, Greenwillow, 1997.
The Take-Along-Dog, Greenwillow, 1989.
Tale of a Tadpole, Orchard Books, 1997.
(ABA "Pick of the List," Scientific American "Best Science Books for Children")
Taxicab Tales, Greenwillow, 1992.
A Turkey Drive and Other Tales, Greenwillow, 1993.
When Aunt Lucy Rode a Mule and Other Stories, Orchard Books, 1994.
When Grandma Almost Fell Off the Mountain and Other Stories, Orchard Books,
1993.

Barbara Ann Porte's books have also garnered "best books of the year" designations for various of the titles, by the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress.

OTHER WRITING:
Stories in these anthologies and resource volumes:
Funny You Should Ask, edited by David Gale, Delacorte, 1992.
Don't Give Up the Ghost, edited by David Gale, Delacorte, 1993.
Birthday Surprises, edited by Johanna Hurwitz, Morrow Junior Books, 1995.
New Handbook for Storytellers, by Caroline Feller Bower, ALA, 1993.

She has also contributed stories, poems, essays and reviews to literary magazines, including:
The Advocate
Book Links
Confrontation
Earth's Daughters
Green's Magazine
Hanging Loose
Karamu
Newsday
New York Times
Phoebe
13th Moon
San Jose Studies
School Library Journal
Washington Post Book World

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Last Updated October 21, 2003