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Charlotte Towner Graeber

Born: 1930 in Peoria, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Charlotte Graeber was born and raised in Peoria, attended the University of Illinois and now resides in Elgin, Illinois.

Biography: Graeber is an author who also worked in the youth services department of the Gail Borden Library in Elgin, Illinois.


Awards:
  • -- Friends of American Writers Juvenile Book Merit Award, ''Grey Cloud''
  • -- West Virginia's Children's Book Award, ''Mustard''

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Children

Charlotte Towner Graeber on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=charlotte+towner+graeber


Selected Titles

  Fudge
ISBN: 0671683764 OCLC: 29494113

Pocket, New York : ©1987.

Chad's parents agree to let him take the puppy, Fudge, on a trial basis if he takes care of her.

Fudge /
ISBN: 0688067352 OCLC: 13456823

Chad's parents agree to let him take the puppy, Fudge, on a trial basis if he takes care of her.

Grey Cloud /
ISBN: 0590076000 OCLC: 4883370

Four Winds Press, New York : ©1979.

Tom resents his family's move to the country until he meets a strange, quiet boy who raises racing pigeons.

Mustard
ISBN: 0553156748 OCLC: 503189939

Bantam Books, New York : 1983, ©1982.

Eight-year-old Alex and his family try to come to terms with the old age and death of their beloved cat.

  My Mr. T doll /
ISBN: 0840766629 OCLC: 13666023

T. Nelson Publishers, Nashville : ©1985.

A lonely girl who misses her absent father feels better after Mr. T. reminds her that God cares for her.

Nobody's Dog /
ISBN: 0786801093 OCLC: 37345621

Hyperion Books for Children, New York : ©1998.

After he is abandoned on River Road, Nobody's Dog uses his persistence to find a home.

The hard luck Mutt /
ISBN: 0840766610 OCLC: 13582013

T. Nelson Publishers, Nashville : ©1985.

When two boys torment a stray dog, Mr. T. intervenes and teaches them a lesson about mistreating animals.

The muscle tussle /
ISBN: 0840766688 OCLC: 20754373

T. Nelson Publishers, Nashville : ©1985.

Mr. T breaks up a fight between two boys and demonstrates that brain power is more important than muscle power.

  The silver squawk box /
ISBN: 0840766386 OCLC: 13395624

T. Nelson, Nashville : ©1985.

Mr. T comes along just in time to help a girl involved in a radio theft to see the error of her ways.

The thing in Kat's attic /
ISBN: 0525441468 OCLC: 10752538

Dutton, New York : ©1984.

After many tries, two young girls and their mother finally discover what is making the mysterious noises in their attic.

Up, down, and around the rain tree /
ISBN: 089191840X OCLC: 10099345

Chariot Books, Elgin, Ill. : ©1984.

Parrot, Monkey, and other jungle animals experience the joys of treating each other nicely.

 

 

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