Happy 80th, Lael Littke! ("Prom Dress")

[Lenona]

She lives in Pasadena, California.

In a rush:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&fkt=1031&fsdt=2875&q=lael+littke&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g2g-m5

Lenona.

[Lenona]

She's written quite a few mysteries.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=lael+littke&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
(covers & photos)

http://marshaward.blogspot.com/2008/08/author-interview-nancy-anderson-lael.html
Interview

"After teaching writing classes for several years, I have decided that
the difference between a successful author and one who gets only
rejections is often a matter of discipline: the discipline to stick
with a project to completion, to revise it endlessly if necessary, and
to send it out again and again if it keeps coming back. It takes a
hard disciplinarian to sit oneself down at a cold typewriter each
morning and go at it again, but that's what it takes. I had a friend
who kept her ironing board set up next to her typewriter, and each
morning she told herself that if she didn't write, she would have to
iron, a task she hated more than scrubbing bathrooms. Even so, she
often spent the day ironing. That's how hard it is to become a
successful writer. But most of us agree that it's worth every effort
we've made."

WORKS

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WRITINGS

* Wilmer the Watchdog, Western (New York, NY), 1970.

* Tell Me When I Can Go, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1978.

* Cave-In!, illustrated by Tom Dunnington, Children's Press (New
York, NY), 1981.

* Trish for President, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1984.

* Shanny on Her Own, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1985.

* Loydene in Love, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1986.

* Where the Creeks Meet, Deseret (Salt Lake City, UT), 1987.

* Prom Dress, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1989.

* Blue Skye, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1990.

* Who Painted the Porcupine Purple?, illustrated by Ann
Grifalconi, Silver Burdett (Morristown, NJ), 1992.

* The Watcher, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1994.

* Haunted Sister, H. Holt (New York, NY), 1998.

* Lake of Secrets, H. Holt (New York, NY), 2002.

* (With Richard E. Turley and James Michael Pratt) Stories from
the Life of Joseph Smith, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake City, UT),
2003.

* King of the Knock Jokes, Dominic Press (Carlsbad, CA), 2003.

* The Cookie Quest, Dominic Press (Carlsbad, CA), 2003.

* Space Slug, Dominic Press (Carlsbad, CA), 2003.

* Searching for Selene, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake City, UT),
2003.

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"TALL TALE" SERIES; WITH CASSETTE RECORDINGS

* Olympia Odette Presents Paul Bunyan's Blue Ox Blues, illustrated
by Tom and Carol Newsom, Thinking Well (East Moline, IL), 1990.

* Olympia Odette Presents Davy Crockett's Bear-ly Believable
Sneeze, illustrated by Tom and Carol Newsom, Thinking Well (East
Moline, IL), 1990.

* Olympia Odette Presents Nellie Bly's "In a Jam" Telegram,
illustrated by Tom and Carol Newsom, Thinking Well (East Moline, IL),
1990.

*
"PEANUT BUTTER POND" SERIES; WITH CASSETTE RECORDINGS

* The Day Woodchuck Would Chuck Wood at Peanut Butter Pond,
illustrated by Stephanie McFetridge Britt, Thinking Well (East Moline,
IL), 1990.

* The Day Porcupine Put on the Dog at Peanut Butter Pond,
illustrated by Stephanie McFetridge Britt, Thinking Well (East Moline,
IL), 1990.

* The Day Snake Saved Time at Peanut Butter Pond, illustrated by
Stephanie McFetridge Britt, Thinking Well (East Moline, IL), 1990.

*
"BEE THERES" SERIES

* Getting Rid of Rhoda, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake City, UT),
1992.

* The Mystery of Ruby's Ghost, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake
City, UT), 1992.

* Star of the Show, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake City, UT),
1993.

* There's a Snake at Girls' Camp, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake
City, UT), 1994.

* The Bridesmaid Dress Disaster, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake
City, UT), 1994.

* Run, Ducky, Run, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake City, UT),
1996.

* The Phantom Fair, Deseret Book Company (Salt Lake City, UT),
1996.

Lenona.