Anne Shelby (born September 25, 1948) is an American writer of children's picture books.

Biography

Early life and education

Anne Gabbard was born on September 25, 1948, in

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. Her parents were teachers. She attended Kentucky Southern in 1966 for one year before the college closed. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Andrews College in 1970 and a Master of Arts degree from the

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in 1981."Anne Shelby (1948-)." ''Something About the Author'', edited by Alan Hedblad, vol. 121, Gale, 2001, pp. 152-164. ''Gale Literature: Something About the Author''. Accessed 9 May 2023."Anne Shelby." ''Gale Literature:

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'', Gale, 2010. ''Gale Literature Resource Center''. Accessed 9 May 2023. She married Jimmy Godwin on December 26, 1968, and they divorced in 1972. She married Edmund Shelby, a teacher, on August 25, 1972. She has one child. She lives in

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Career

She has worked for the Appalachian Writers Workshop, the School for the Creative and Performing Arts in

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, Kentucky's

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, and for the gifted program at the

. Three of Shelby's books have received

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'': ''Homeplace'' (Orchard Books, 1995), ''The Someday House'' (Orchard Books, 1996), and ''The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree'' (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009). ''Homeplace'' was a

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selection.

Selected works

* ''Waiting for Daylight: For Soprano and Orchestra,'' with Steve Rouse, Primal Press Publishing, 1997. * ''Appalachian Studies,'' Wind Publications, 2005.

Children's books

* ''We Keep a Store,'' illustrated by John Ward, Orchard Books, 1990. * ''Potluck,'' illustrated by Irene Trivas, Orchard Books, 1991. * ''What to Do about Pollution,'' illustrated by Irene Trivas, Orchard Books, 1993. * ''Homeplace,'' illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin, Orchard Books, 1995. * ''The Someday House'', illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. Orchard Books, 1996. * ''The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales,'' illustrated by Paula McArdle, University of North Carolina Press, 2007. * ''The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree,'' illustrated by Cor Hazelar, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.

References

External links

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