William Anderson, Author HarperCollins Publishers $18.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-020113-5
This straightforward chronology of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) details her heritage and birth, her family's pioneering and her travels with her husband Almanzo and daughter Rose. Though he makes use of the author's private journals, Anderson...
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William Anderson, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator , illus. by Dan Andreasen. HarperCollins $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-028400-8
Anderson and Andreasen (previously paired for Pioneer Girl) spotlight Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, in this attractive but ultimately disappointing picture book. The author describes Sam's boyhood, spent along the banks of the Mississippi...
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William Anderson, Author, Renee Graef, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $12.99 (74p) ISBN 978-0-06-028973-7
Fans of the Little House on the Prairie books should enjoy delving into the life of the series' author in Prairie Girl: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson, illus. by Renee Graef. The book details the events of Laura's often-diff
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William Anderson, Author, Clive Hicks, Photographer Salem House Publishers $29 (208p) ISBN 978-0-88162-109-9
Chartres Cathedral stands on a site devoted in antiquity to the Great Goddess and later to a temple of Venus. Anderson, author of Castles of Europe, believes that the Gothic style embodies ""the highest states of consciousness of which man is...
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William Anderson, Author HarperTrophy $6.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-446103-0
According to PW, this straightforward chronology ``simply shadows and underscores'' Wilder's tuniversally acclaimed writings. Ages 8-12. (May)
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William Anderson, Author University Press of New England $30 (408p) ISBN 978-0-87451-804-7
As one might guess from the subtitle, this is a big subject. In the end, the entire creative processDfrom germinal idea through its final impact on societyDis too big a subject, at least judging from the results in this work. Anderson (Dante the...
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William Anderson, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator, Harper W. Boyd, Jr., Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-027243-2
Laura Ingalls Wilder's many fans will delight in this inviting biographical overview in a picture-book format, graced by Andreasen's dreamy landscapes, glowing prairie skies and warm character portraits. In clear, workmanlike prose, Wilder historian
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William Anderson, Author, W. Anderson, Author, Leslie A. Kelly, Illustrator HarperTrophy $9.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-06-446177-1
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by William Anderson. Harper, $26.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-241968-2
Laura Ingalls Wilder, born in a log cabin in Wisconsin in 1867, published eight novels based on her frontier childhood. The much-loved Little House on the Prairie series has charmed several generations, and an equally beloved TV show based on it...
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