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Jean L.S. Patrick

Born: 1961 in Carbondale, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Jean was born in Carbondale, Illinois. She attended St. Paul Lutheran School in Melrose Park, Il.

Biography: Patrick is a writer, storyteller, and public speaker.


Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Email: jean@santel.net
Jean L.S. Patrick on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=jean+l.s.+patrick


Selected Titles

Cows, cats, and kids :
ISBN: 1563971119 OCLC: 51814917

Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, Pa. : 2003.

A look at the family life of a veterinarian at home and in the field.

  Dolley Madison
ISBN: 0760728291 OCLC: 50186405

Backpack Books, Minneapolis, MN : ©2002.

A biography of the popular and dynamic wife of our fourth President, James Madison.

Dolley Madison /
ISBN: 0822501945 OCLC: 47140555

Lerner Publications Co., Minneapolis, MN : ©2002.

A biography of the popular and dynamic wife of our fourth President, James Madison.

Face to face with Mount Rushmore
ISBN: 9780979882319 OCLC: 235023949

Mount Rushmore History Association, Keystone, SC : 2008.

If I had a snowplow /
ISBN: 156397746X OCLC: 47353324

Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, Pa. : 2001.

A boy tells his mother all the things he would do for her if he had a real snowplow, tree spade, bulldozer, or other machines.

The baseball adventure of Jackie Mitchell, girl pitcher vs. Babe Ruth
ISBN: 9780761361800 OCLC: 701838043

Graphic Universe, Minneapolis : ©2011.

During the biggest game of her life . . . a girl pitches to the world's best slugger.Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1931. Jackie Mitchell is a girl pitcher on a minor-league baseball team, the Chattanooga Lookouts. In her day, few women played sports. But her skill earned her a spot on a men's team. When the New York Yankees come to town, Jackie must face Babe Ruth at the plate. Can she strike out one of the greatest players in baseball?

The girl who struck out Babe Ruth /
ISBN: 1575053977 OCLC: 41641250

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, MN : ©2000.

A retelling of the day Jackie Mitchell, a seventeen-year-old female professional baseball player, struck out the New York Yankees best hitters, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, in an exhibition game in 1931.

Who carved the mountain? :
ISBN: 0975261746 OCLC: 56413107

Mount Rushmore History Association, Keystone, SD : ©2005.

Using historical facts and rollicking rhythm, author Jean L.S. Patrick reveals how the mountain was carved and why George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt were chosen. Rich illustrations by Reně Graef make the unique history of Mount Rushmore come alive for children.

 

 

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