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Barbara Bottner, New York Times best-selling author, is a screenwriter, TV writer, and writing coach, who began her multi-hyphenate career as an artist and actor. Designing off-Broadway sets in the ’60s led her to performance and following her career in theatre, she began writing and illustrating books for children. In total, she has written over 40 books in all areas of children’s literature including Young Adult, Middle Grade, chapter, and "I Can Reads". Several of her award-winning picture books have been animated and translated into multiple languages. ...more

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	Miss Brooks Loves Books! by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Michael Emberley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 3,181 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Peggy Rathmann (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Priscilla Gorilla by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Michael Emberley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Brooks' Story Nook by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Michael Emberley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wallace's Lists by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Gerald Kruglik, Olof Landstrom (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Annoying ABC by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Michael Emberley (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Here Now 3.59 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feet, Go to Sleep by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Maggie Smith (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What a Cold Needs by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Chris Sheban (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 149 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where's My Turtle? by Barbara Bottner (Goodreads Author), Brooke Boynton Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.48 avg rating — 139 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mar 18, 2020 08:21PM

Quotes by Barbara Bottner (?)

“When I get home, I ask my mother if we can move to a new town. My mother says there's a librarian in every town.

I ask if she wants to do my assignment for me.

'I've already been in the first grade,' says my mother.”
― Barbara Bottner, Miss Brooks Loves Books!

tags: books, children-quotes, librarians, literacy

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