Cari Best (1951-) Biography - Awards, Honors, Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Career, Member, Work in Progress

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Born 1951, in New York, NY; Education: City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College, B.A., 1972; Drexel University, M.L.S, 1975. Hobbies and other interests: "Butterfly and bird watching, gardening, biking, dog walking and dog talking. The best things in life are free!"

International Reading Association, Newark, DE, librarian, 1975-76; Weston Woods Studios, Westport, CT, editorial director, 1986-2003.

American Library Association.

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Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, illustrated by Christine Davenier, for Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY).

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Cari Best (1951-) - Writings

Taxi! Taxi!, illustrated by Dale Gottlieb, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1994. Red Light, Green Light, Mama and Me, illustrated by Niki Daly, Orchard (New York, NY), 1995. Getting Used to Harry, illustrated by Diane Palmisciano, Orchard (New York, NY), 1996. Top Banana, illustrated by Erika Oller, Orchard (New York, NY), 1997. Last Licks: A Spaldeen Story, illustrated by Diane Palmisciano, DK (New Y…

Cari Best (1951-) - Sidelights

Cari Best once told SATA: "Many times in my books, I will use my power as a storyteller to make something positive from something gray and grim. If certain events did not play out happily in my life, those very same events might now play out happily in my stories. Taxi! Taxi!, for example, is the story of a young girl who gets to spend a glorious day in the country with her beloved father. …

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