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Bibliography: Children as Writers of Letters 
(including email)
Writers of Letters - Children's Fiction
Anastasia at this Address by Lois Lowry, 1991
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman, 1996
Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol, 1993
Changes for Kit: A Winter Story by Valerie Tripp, 2001
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, 1993
Dear Austin: Letters From the Underground Railroad by Elvira Woodruff, 1998
Dear Baby by Joanne Rocklin, 1988
Dear Levi: Letters From the Overland Trail*  by Elvira Woodruff, 1994
Dear Mr. Henshaw*  by Beverly Cleary, 1983 (Newbery Medal)

Dear Mr. Sprouts by Errol Broome, 1991
Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, but-- by Elvira Woodruff, 1992
Flea Circus Summer by Cheryl Ware, 1997
Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs*  by Mary E. Lyons, 1992.
     Outstanding fictionalization of a true story.
Letters From Camp by Kate Klise, 1999.
Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse, 1992
Little Wolf's Book of Badness by Ian Whybrow, 1999
Lizard Meets Ivana the Terrible by C. Anne Scott, 1999 (Lizzie & Ivana write letters in
     "buddy journals" at school, rather like in-class pen pals.)
Love From Your Friend, Hannah: a Novel by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky, 1998
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger, 1998
P.S. Write Soon by Colby Rodowsky, 1978
Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks by Kate Klise, 1998
Sea Monkey Summer by Cheryl Ware, 1997
Snail Mail No More by Paula Danziger, 2000.  (Email)
Theodore Roosevelt: Letters From a Young Coal Miner by Jennifer Armstrong, 2000
Thomas Jefferson: Letters from a Philadelphia Bookworm by Jennifer Armstrong,
     2001
Write Me If You dare! by Emily Rhoads Johnson, 2000.

Writers of Letters - Easy Readers
Pen Pals by Joan Holub, 1997
The Secret Friend by Joyce Dunbar, 1999
Writers of Letters - Picture Books
Around the World: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barrett George, 1999
Dear Annie by Judith Caseley, 1991
Dear Bear by Joanna Harrison, 1994
Dear Brother by Frank Asch, 1992
Dear Dragon . . . and Other Useful Letter Forms for Young Ladies and Gentlemen
       Engaged in Everyday Correspondence by Sesyle Joslin, 1962
Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James, 1991

Dear Peter Rabbit*  by Alma Flor Ada, 1994.  Clever integration of characters from
     several children's stories.

Dear Sarah by Wilhelm Schlote, 1981
Dearest Grandmama by Catherine Brighton, 1991.
The Dove's Letter by Keith Baker, 1988
Felix Explores Planet Earth by Annette Langen, 1996
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, 1997

It's Me, Teddy by Amber Alexander, 1995
Kate Heads West by Pat Brisson, 1990
Kate on the Coast by Pat Brisson, 1992
A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats, 1968
Letter to the Lake by Susan Marie Swanson, 1998
The Long, Long Letter by Elizabeth Spurr, 1996
Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams, 1988.
Thank You, Santa by Margaret Wild, 1991
Three Days On a River In a Red Canoe by Vera B. Williams, 1981
The Yeoman's Daring Daughter and the Princess in the Tower by Elaine Clayton,
     1999

Your Best Friend, Kate by Pat Brisson, 1989

Writers of Letters - Young Adult Fiction (high school age)
Dear Great American Writer's School by Sherry Bunin, 1995
Family of Strangers by Susan Beth Pfeffer, 1992
Letters From the Inside by John Marsden, 1994, c1991
Letters to Julia by Barbara Ware Holmes, 1997
Signs and Wonders by Pat Lowery Collins, 1999
Beginning notes page of bibliography
Writers of fiction, journalism or poetry (or "would-be writers")
Writers of Diaries and Journals
Writers of Letters
Short Bibliography of books written by children

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