Joan Winsor Blos (December 9, 1928 – October 12, 2017) was an American writer, teacher and advocate for children's literacy. For her 1979

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, '' A Gathering of Days'', Blos won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Books"National Book Awards – 1980"

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for the year's most distinguished contribution to American

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. She was born in New York City. She lived in

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.HarperCollins Publishers

Works

*1971 ''Just Think'' (with Betty Miles) *1979 '' A Gathering of Days; A New England Girl's Journal, 1830–32'' *1984 ''Martin's Hats'' *1985 ''Brothers of the Heart: A Story of the Old Northwest, 1837–1838'' *1988 ''Old Henry'' *1989 ''The Grandpa Days'' *1989 ''Lottie's Circus'' *1991 ''The Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale Both True and Otherwise of the Life of Molly Brown'' *1992 ''A Seed a Flower a Minute, an Hour'' *1994 ''Brooklyn Doesn't Rhyme'' *1995 ''The Hungry Little Boy'' *1996 ''Nellie Bly's Monkey: His Remarkable Story in His Own Words'' *1997 ''One Very Best Valentine's Day'' *1998 ''Bedtime!'' *1999 ''Hello, Shoes!'' *2007 ''Letters From the Corrugated Castle''

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External links

Joan Blos
Ann Arbor Book Festival website. Retrieved July 2, 2006.
About Joan W. Blos – Biography
HarperCollins Publishers website. Retrieved July 2, 2006.

* 1928 births 2017 deaths American children's writers American historical novelists Newbery Medal winners National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners Writers from Ann Arbor, Michigan American women historical novelists Novelists from New York City 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers University of Michigan faculty Novelists from Michigan American women academics {{US-child-writer-stub