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Marion Dane Bauer

Marion  Dane Bauer
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Marion Dane Bauer

Marion Dane Bauer is the author of many books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor book On My Honor and the New York Times bestseller My Mother Is Mine. Her other titles include A Mama for Owen, If You Were Born a Kitten, Grandmother's Song,... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Life is a gift.
Learn more about Marion Dane Bauer
My life in 8 words: "Challenging, fulfilling, interesting, filled with gratitude and hope"
May 11, 2012
I've been talking about fictional character as illusion, created out of my own psyche or borrowed from the world around...
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May 7, 2012
Win a set of 35 bookmarks (2" x 6" in size), one for each child in your classroom. “Like”
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May 7, 2012
When my daughter was ten or eleven, she used to say from time to time, “Mom, write a book about me. You could call it...
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May 7, 2012
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April 19, 2012
Last week I mentioned that every story springs from the writer's own longing. Even the most careful readers would find it...
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April 19, 2012
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April 19, 2012
Not every story has to be lived to be written. That's what imagination is for. If writers are going to produce more than one or...
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April 19, 2012
I’ve just returned from a research trip for the young-adult novel I’m working on, Blue-Eyed Wolf. Well, actually, it...
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March 22, 2012
How many times have I said it to my students and to other developing writers? When you're publishing a book, celebrate every...
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March 15, 2012
When I began writing fiction for young people in the mid-seventies, I had absorbed one of the most basic rules for such books...
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March 15, 2012
I got the idea for this blog when I was meditating this morning. Yes, I know, I'm not supposed to get ideas meditating. In fact,...
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March 8, 2012
I have received letters from adults indignant about my novel, A Very Little Princess (the first of two stories about a...
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March 1, 2012
I've been asked the question many times, almost always by non-writers. Or if the question comes from a writer it is, for...
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February 24, 2012
That was the headline on a news story on NPRs “All Things Considered” last week.  Oh, no, I thought. Everything,...
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February 17, 2012
I am about a third of the way into writing a young-adult novel called Blue-Eyed Wolf, far enough in to feel a sense of...
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January 31, 2012
"Are you writing anything?" people often ask.  It is, I assume, just a conversation starter when they can't think of a...
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January 31, 2012
I've been thinking about my career lately. Looking back over the thirty-five years since my first novel was published. Looking...
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May 12, 2012
May 08, 2012
May 08, 2012
Little Dog, Lost will be released on May 01, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
May 01, 2012
Little Dog, Lost is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 01, 2012
Author Voices:
A Research Trip
Apr 20, 2012
Apr 20, 2012
Author Voices:
Did That Really Happen?
Apr 20, 2012
Apr 20, 2012
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is now available in eBook
Apr 17, 2012
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm will be released on April 17, 2012 in eBook
Apr 17, 2012
Author Voices:
Celebrate!
Mar 23, 2012
Author Voices:
Where Do Ideas Come From?
Mar 16, 2012
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Mar 14, 2012

Marion Dane Bauer Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Life is a gift. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Gilly Hopkins Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. Right here in my home in front of my computer looking out the window at a spruce tree. Q. What trait is most noticeable about you? A. Pretty quiet. Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. Arriving intact in my eighth decade, still open, still learning, still glad to be here. Learn more about Marion Dane Bauer

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PublishersWeekly.com, May 18, 2012
...a little different, catch the eye, and just leap into kids’ and teens’ hands. Little Dog Lost by Marion Dane Bauer (Atheneum). Major kid appeal. I mean, come on. Who could resist this cover?? The Fire Ascending by Chris D’Lacey (Orchard). This...
Brecksville Patch, March 11, 2012
...be rekindled but can either of them ever really escape their pasts? For kids: The Red Ghost by Marion Dane Bauer This book is spooky without being too scary—a ghost story perfect for very young mystery lovers. An antique doll dressed in red...
Topeka Capital-Journal, March 5, 2012
...are for in-between readers who are ready for a longer book and enjoy adventure. “The Golden Ghost” by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Peter Ferguson, Random House, 2011, 86 pages, ages 6 to 10. Delsie and her best friend Todd are looking for an...
Edge Miami, February 5, 2012
...fiction in the United States, publishing more new fiction each year than all other publishers combined. Noted authors Marion Dane Bauer (Newbery Award), Nancy Garden (Margaret A. Edwards Award), Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked), and Jacqueline Woodson...
Christian Science Monitor, January 13, 2012
...launching point for a classroom (or bedtime) discussion of the history of race relations in America. 9.'' by Marion Dane Bauer Bauer uses children (Scholastic, 32 pp) to draw young readers into her narrative about King and his fight for civil rights. She...
Faribault Daily News, January 5, 2012
TheDay.com, December 17, 2011
...hug, a cheer-up hug to a cuddly hug and many more. "The Very Best Daddy of All" by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Leslie Wu, Little Simon, 2011, 32 pages, $7.99 board book. Engage your baby with this endearing tribute to all the ways daddies love...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 20, 2012
...The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman, illus. by Peter Malone, a historical picture book; Halloween Forest by Marion Dane Bauer, illus. by John Shelley, a holiday rhyming tale set in a forest made of bones; The Fly Flew In by David Catrwo, an I Like...
Edge Miami, February 5, 2012
...fiction in the United States, publishing more new fiction each year than all other publishers combined. Noted authors Marion Dane Bauer (Newbery Award), Nancy Garden (Margaret A. Edwards Award), Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked), and Jacqueline Woodson...
EdgeBoston.com, February 5, 2012
...fiction in the United States, publishing more new fiction each year than all other publishers combined. Noted authors Marion Dane Bauer (Newbery Award), Nancy Garden (Margaret A. Edwards Award), Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked), and Jacqueline Woodson...
Edge Miami, February 5, 2012
...fiction in the United States, publishing more new fiction each year than all other publishers combined. Noted authors Marion Dane Bauer (Newbery Award), Nancy Garden (Margaret A. Edwards Award), Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked), and Jacqueline Woodson...
EdgeBoston.com, February 5, 2012
...fiction in the United States, publishing more new fiction each year than all other publishers combined. Noted authors Marion Dane Bauer (Newbery Award), Nancy Garden (Margaret A. Edwards Award), Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked), and Jacqueline Woodson...
TheDay.com, December 17, 2011
...hug, a cheer-up hug to a cuddly hug and many more. "The Very Best Daddy of All" by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Leslie Wu, Little Simon, 2011, 32 pages, $7.99 board book. Engage your baby with this endearing tribute to all the ways daddies love...
Appeal-Democrat.com, December 8, 2011
...this a flawless "feel good" book for young and old alike. "The Very Best Daddy of All" by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Leslie Wu, Little Simon, 2011, 32 pages, $7.99 board book. Engage your baby with this endearing tribute to all the ways daddies...