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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Born: January 4,1933 in Anderson, Indiana
Pen Name: Phyllis Reynolds

Connection to Illinois: *Lived in Joliet and Chicago

Biography: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor includes many of her own growing-up experiences in the Alice books. She writes for both children and adults and is the author of more than one hundred and twenty-five books, including the Alice series. She now lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland.


Awards:
  • -- Newbery Medal
  • -- Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Writers Award
  • -- Child Study Award
  • -- Kerlan Award
  • -- Christopher Award
  • -- Society of School Librarians International Award
  • -- Hedda Seisler Mason Award
  • -- Appalachian Medallion
  • -- About 25 state awards
  • -- Various ALA notables

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction & Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Children

Email: FriendsofAlice@aol.com
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Website: http://alicemckinley.wordpress.com
Website: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Phyllis-Reynolds-Naylor/1792384
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=phyllis+reynolds+naylor


Selected Titles

A spy among the girls /
ISBN: 0440413907 OCLC: 43475179

Delacorte Press, New York : ©2000.

Are Beth and Josh really in love or just pretending to be in order to spy and continue the feud between the Malloy sisters and the Hatford brothers?

  A Spy Among the Girls.
ISBN: 9781448778560 OCLC: 706023864

Paw Prints 2011.

A traitor among the boys
ISBN: 9780307548207 OCLC: 496821250

Random House Children's Books, New York : [2008]

Despite a New Year's resolution to be nice to their neighbors the Malloy girls, the Hatford boys find themselves continuing their rivalry and war of practical jokes.

A traitor among the boys /
ISBN: 0440413869 OCLC: 40489328

Delacorte Press, New York : 1999.

Despite a New Year's resolution to be nice to their neighbors the Malloy girls, the Hatford boys find themselves continuing their rivalry and war of practical jokes.

Alice Alone
ISBN: 9781439132296 OCLC: 869434981

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [Place of publication not identified] : 2012.

Alice is starting high school, and everything is new. But it's the new girl, Penny, who's making ninth grade a real challenge for Alice. Penny is tiny and perky and a real flirt, and she seems to be focusing her attention on Patrick. Even worse, Patrick seems to be enjoying it. Alice and Patrick have been a couple so long, Alice can't imagine life without him. Suddenly she feels lost and unattractive and scared--not quite whole. How can Alice get back her confidence in herself, when she's not even sure who she is?

Alice alone /
ISBN: 0689851898 OCLC: 44727938

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : ©2001.

Alice's first year in high school gets off to a difficult start when she and her boyfriend Patrick break up, but with the help of her father, older brother, and best friends, she gains a better sense of her own self-worth.

Carlotta's kittens /
ISBN: 0689874057 OCLC: 59548522

Aladdin Paperbacks, New York : 2005, ©2000.

"Continues the adventures of Marco, Polo, and other members of the Club of Mysteries as they care for Carlotta's kittens and search for a home for them."

Carlotta's kittens :
ISBN: 0689834594 OCLC: 49040221

Aladdin Paperbacks, New York : 2002, ©2000.

Continues the adventures of Marco, Polo, and other members of the Club of Mysteries as they care for Carlotta's kittens and search for a home for them.

Shiloh
ISBN: 0440407524 OCLC: 21441925

Atheneum ; New York, NY : 1991.

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

Shiloh /
ISBN: 0553526332 OCLC: 42373045

BDD Audio, New York, NY : ℗1997.

Sweet strawberries /
ISBN: 0689813384 OCLC: 38030234

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : ©1999.

A wife and her grumpy husband go to market.

  The great chicken debacle
ISBN: 9780076143986 OCLC: 982960705

Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise.

The great chicken debacle /
ISBN: 076145148X OCLC: 52460009

Marshall Cavendish, New York : 2003, ©2001.

Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise.

The grooming of Alice
ISBN: 9781442434967 OCLC: 778451898

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : 2012, ©2000.

During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.

The grooming of Alice /
ISBN: 0689846185 OCLC: 41531769

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : 2000.

During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.

Walker's Crossing /
ISBN: 0689842619 OCLC: 40417659

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, N.Y. : ©1999.

While living on his family's ranch in Wyoming where he hopes to someday be a cowboy, Ryan faces conflicts with his older brother who becomes involved in a militia movement.

  Walker's Crossing.
ISBN: 9781439528426 OCLC: 236371383

Paw Prints 2008.

 

 

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