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Patricia Reilly Giff was born April 26, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York.
After college she married, raised a family, and became an elementary school
teacher. She did not begin writing until age 40, but since then her output has
been prolific. She specializes in humerous books for middle-grade readers,
exploring situations that are familiar to them. She has authored several
series, including the Polk Street School Series and the Ballet Slippers Series.
IN 1977 she won a Newbery Honor for
The collection contains written material for 60 titles, and includes corrected typescripts, some photocopied, correspondence, notes, a calendar, front matter, uncut pictures, gally proofs, some corrected, pasteups, page proofs, some corrected, jacket proofs, and a dummy.
The collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Gift of:
Adios Anna, 1995
All the Way Home, 2001
Beast and the Halloween Horror, 1990
Beast in Mrs. Rooney's Room, The, 1984
B-E-S-T Friends, 1988
Candy Corn Contest, 1984
Columbus Circle,
Count Your Money at the Polk Street School, 1994
December Secrets, 1984
ELEVEN, 2008
In the Dinosaur's Paw, 1985
Emily Arrow Promises to do Better this Year, 1990
Fancy Feet, 1988
Fish Face, 1984
Gift of the Pirate Queen, 1983
Great Shamrock Disaster, The, 1993
Happy Birthday, Anna Sorpressa, 1996
Happy Birthday, Ronald Morgan!, 1986
I Love Saturday, 1991
Kidnap at the Catfish Cafe, 1998
Laura Ingals Wilder: Growing up in the Little House, 1987
Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs, 1985
Let's Go, Philadelphia, 1998
Look Out, Washington D.C.!, 1995
Maggie's Door, 2003
Mary Moon is Missing: The Adventures of Minnie and Max #2, 1998
Mathew Jackson Meets the Wall, 1990
Meet the Lincoln Lions Band, 1992
Monster Rabbit Runs Amuk!, 1991
Mother Teresa,
Mystery of the Blue Ring, The, 1987
Next Stop, New York City, 1997
Nory Ryan's Song, 2000
Pickle Puss, 1986
Pictures of Hollis Woods, 2002
Poopsie Pomerantz Pick Up Your Feet, 1989
Powder Puff Puzzle, The, 1987
Purple Climbing Days, 1985
Rat Teeth, 1984
Red, White and Blue Valentine, The, 1993
Riddle of the Red Purse, The, 1987
Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat, 1988
Rootin' Tootin' Bugle Boy, The, 1993
Rosie's Big City Ballet, 1998
Say Cheese, 1985
Say Hola Sarah, 1995
Secret at the Polk Street School, The, 1987
Shark in School, 1994
Showtime at the Polk Street School, 1992
Snaggle Doodles, 1985
Spectacular Stone Soup, 1989
Sunnyside Up,
Teacher's Guide to Polk St. School,
Today was a Terrible Day, 1980
Tootsie Tanner, Why Don't You Talk?, 1987
Turkey Trouble, 1994
Valentine Star, The, 1985
War Began at Supper, The: Letters to Miss Loria, 1991
Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake, 1988
Watch Out, Ronald Morgan!, 1985
Water Street, 2006
Willow Run, 2005
Yankee Doodle Drumsticks, 1992
House of Tailors, A, 2004
Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Steven Publishing, 1995
New York: Delacorte , 2001
New York: Dell, 1990
New York: Dell, 1984
New York: Dell, 1988
New York: Dell, 1984
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New York: Dell, 1994
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1984
New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2008
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New York: Bantam Daoubleday Dell, 1985
New York: Dell, 1990
New York: Dell, 1988
Old Greenwich, CT: Listening Library, 1984
New York: Dell, 1983
New York: Dell, 1993
New York: Dell, 1996
New York: Viking Kestrel, 1986
New York: Puffin, 1991
New York: Viking Childrens Books, 1998
New York: Puffin Books, 1987
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1985
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998
New York: Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1995
New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2003
New York: Viking Children's Books, 1998
New York: Delacorte, 1990
New York: Dell, 1992
New York: Dell, 1991
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New York: Dell, 1987
New York: Bantam Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1997
New York: Delacorte, 2000
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1986
New York: Lamb Books, 2002
New York: Delacorte, 1989
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1987
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1985
New York: Dell, 1984
New York: Dell, 1993
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for young Readers, 1987
New York: Viking Kestrel, 1988
New York: Dell, 1993
New York: Viking, 1998
New York: Dell, 1985
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1995
New York: Dell, 1987
New York: Delacorte, 1994
New York: Delacorte, 1992
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for young Readers, 1985
New York: Dell, 1989
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New York: Viking, 1980
New York: Delacorte, 1987
New York: Dell, 1994
New York: Dell, 1985
New York: Dell, 1991
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1988
New York: Viking Kestrel, 1985
New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2006
New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2005
New York: Dell, 1992
New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2004