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Dorothy Sharp Carter

Born: 1921 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Carter was born in Chicago.

Biography: Before becoming a full time writer, Dorothy Carter taught High School English.


Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Children

Dorothy Sharp Carter on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=dorothy+sharp+carter


Selected Titles

Adventures in ancient Egypt
ISBN: 9781550745481 OCLC: 43465488

Kids Can Press, Toronto : c2000.

Fast, funny and fascinating romps through the past, set in a contemporary comic book design. Well-researched story lines and solid factual information provide an educational kick Cf. Our choice, 2001.

Greedy Mariani and other folktales of the Antilles /
ISBN: 0689304250 OCLC: 934431

Atheneum, New York, 1974.

The enchanted orchard, and other folktales of Central America.
ISBN: 0152259554 OCLC: 606235

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich New York, [1973]

Twenty-two folktales representative of all regions of Central America: creation myths, stories of the devil, supernatural occurances, etc.

 

 

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