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Holly Keller (1942-) Biography

Awards, Honors, SidelightsPersonal, Addresses, Career, Writings



Born 1942, in New York, NY; Education: Sarah Lawrence College, A.B., 1963; Columbia University, M.A., 1964; studied printmaking at Manhattanville College; studied illustration at Parsons School of Design. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, travel.



Agent—c/o Author Mail, Greenwillow Press/William Morrow, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.

Holly Keller

Writer. Redding Board of Education, Redding, CT, member and vice chair, 1975-85.


FOR CHILDREN; SELF-ILLUSTRATED

Cromwell's Glasses, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1982.

Ten Sleepy Sheep, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1983.

Too Big, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1983.

Geraldine's Blanket, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.

Will It Rain?, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.

Henry's Fourth of July, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1984.

When Francie Was Sick, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1985.

A Bear for Christmas, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1986.

Lizzie's Invitation, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1987.

Goodbye, Max, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1987.

Geraldine's Big Snow, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1988.

Maxine in the Middle, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1989.

The Best Present, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1989.

Henry's Happy Birthday, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1990.

What Alvin Wanted, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1990.

Horace, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1991.

The New Boy, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1991.

Furry, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1992.

Island Baby, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1992.

Harry and Tuck, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1993.

Grandfather's Dream, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.

Geraldine's Baby Brother, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.

Rosata, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1995.

Geraldine First, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1996.

I Am Angela, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1997.

Merry Christmas, Geraldine, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1997.

Angela's Top-Secret Computer Club, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1998.

Brave Horace, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1998.

Jacob's Tree, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1999.

What I See, Harcourt Brace (New York, NY), 1999.

A Bed Full of Cats, Harcourt Brace (New York, NY), 1999.

That's Mine, Horace, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2000.

Geraldine and Mrs. Duffy, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2000.

Cecil's Garden, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2002.

Farfallina and Marcel, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2002.

What a Hat!, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2003.

The Hat, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2005.

Pearl's New Skates, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2005.

To Sophie's Window, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2005.


FOR CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATOR

Jane Thayer, Clever Raccoon, Morrow (New York, NY), 1981.

Melvin Berger, Why I Cough, Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn, Crowell (New York, NY), 1983.

Roma Gans, Rock Collecting, Crowell (New York, NY), 1984.

Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Snow Is Falling, Crowell (New York, NY), 1986.

Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Air Is All around You, Harper & Row (New York, NY), 1986, revised edition, Crowell (New York, NY), 1986.

Patricia Lauber, Snakes Are Hunters, Crowell (New York, NY), 1988.

Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Shooting Stars, Crowell (New York, NY), 1989.

Patricia Lauber, An Octopus Is Amazing, Crowell (New York, NY), 1990.

Paul Showers, Ears Are for Hearing, Crowell (New York, NY), 1990.

Barbara Juster Ebensen, Sponges Are Skeletons, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1993.

Patricia Lauber, Be a Friend to Trees, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1994.

Wendy Pfeffer, From Tadpole to Frog, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1994.

Patricia Lauber, Who Eats What?: Food Chains and Food Webs, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1995.

Patricia Lauber, You're Aboard Spaceship Earth, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1996.

Wendy Pfeffer, What's It Like to Be a Fish?, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1996.

Stuart J. Murphy, The Best Bug Parade, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1996.

Roma Gans, Let's Go Rock Collecting, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1997.

Nola Buck, Morning in the Meadow, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1997.

Wendy Pfeffer, Sounds All Around, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1999.

Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Snow Is Falling, revised edition, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1999.

Anne Rockwell, Growing like Me, Silver Whistle (San Diego, CA), 2001.

Paul Showers, Hear Your Heart, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2001.


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