Liesel Moak Skorpen
Encyclopedia
Liesel Moak Skorpen is German
-born children's author. Ms. Skorpen moved to the United States
at a young age. She currently lives in Maine
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She currently lives with nine grand children of which her favorite undoubtedly ben claeson , the apple of her eye!
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-born children's author. Ms. Skorpen moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at a young age. She currently lives in Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
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Selected bibliography
- Outside My Window (Coward-McCann, 1968) (illustrated by Mercer MayerMercer MayerMercer Mayer is an American children's book writer and illustrator. He has published over 300 books using a wide range of illustrative styles...
) ISBN 0060507748 (for the 2004 reprint) - That Mean Man (Harper & Row, 1968) (illustrated by Emily McCully)
- We Were Tired of Living in a House (Coward-McCann, 1969 version illustrated by Doris BurnDoris BurnDoris "Doe" Wernstedt Burn was an American children's book author and illustrator. She lived most of her life on Waldron Island in the San Juan Islands archipelago of Washington...
, ISBN 0698303946 & reprinted by PutnamG. P. Putnam's SonsG. P. Putnam's Sons was a major United States book publisher based in New York City, New York. Since 1996, it has been an imprint of the Penguin Group.-History:...
in 1999 with illustrations by Joe Cepeda, ISBN 0399230165) - Elizabeth (Harper & Row, 1970) (illustrated by Martha G. Alexander) ISBN 0060257083
- All Lassies (Dial PressDial PressThe Dial Press was a publishing house founded in 1923 by Lincoln MacVeagh.Dial Press shared a building with The Dial and Scofield Thayer worked with both. The first imprint was issued in 1924. Authors included Elizabeth Bowen, W.R...
, 1970)
- Charles (Harper & Row, 1971) (illustrated by Martha G. Alexander) ISBN 0060257121
- Plenty For Three (Coward-McCann, 1971)
- Old Arthur (World's WorkWorld's WorkWorld's Work was a monthly magazine which celebrated the American way of life and its expanded role on the world stage. In 1932 it was purchased by and merged into the journal Review of Reviews. It was founded in 1900 and edited by Walter Hines Page until 1913 when his son Arthur W...
, 1973) (illustrated by Wallace TrippWallace TrippWallace Whitney Tripp is an American illustrator, anthologist and author. He is known for creating anthropomorphic animal characters of emotional complexity and for his great visual and verbal humor. He is one of several illustrators of the Amelia Bedelia series of children's stories...
) ISBN 0437746739 - Mandy's Grandmother (Dial PressDial PressThe Dial Press was a publishing house founded in 1923 by Lincoln MacVeagh.Dial Press shared a building with The Dial and Scofield Thayer worked with both. The first imprint was issued in 1924. Authors included Elizabeth Bowen, W.R...
, 1975) (illustrated by Martha G. Alexander) ISBN 0803749627 - Michael (Harper & Row, 1975)(illustrated by Joan Sandin) ISBN 0060257199
- Bird (HarperCollinsHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, 1976) (illustrated by Joan Sandin) ISBN 0-060-25693-1 - His Mother's Dog (Harper & Row, 1978) (illustrated by Mary Ellen Mullin) ISBN 0060257229
She currently lives with nine grand children of which her favorite undoubtedly ben claeson , the apple of her eye!