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Ann Turner

Born

in Northampton, Massachusetts, The United States

December 10, 1945

Genre

Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Children's

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Ann Turner, also known and published as Ann Warren Turner, is a children's author and a poet.
Ann Turner wrote her first story when she was eight years old. It was about a dragon and a dwarf named Puckity. She still uses that story when she talks to students about writing, to show them that they too have stories worth telling.
Turner has always loved to write, but at first she was afraid she couldn't make a living doing it. So she trained to be a teacher instead. After a year of teaching, however, she decided she would rather write books than talk about them in school.
Turner's first children's book was about vultures and was illustrated by her mother. She has written more than 40 books since then, most of them historical picture books. She li ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 7,611 ratings · 950 reviews · 103 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl 3.78 avg rating — 2,542 ratings — published 1999 — 6 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
	Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson 3.77 avg rating — 1,317 ratings — published 2003	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
	My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth by Ann Turner, James Ransome (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Learning to Swim 3.88 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 2000 — 9 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
	Nettie's Trip South (Aladdin Picture Books) by Ann Turner, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1948 — 10 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
	Katie's Trunk by Ann Turner, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Pumpkin Cat by Ann Turner, Amy June Bates (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Hard Hit 3.52 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Maia of Thebes, 1463 B.C. 3.48 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Dust for Dinner (I Can Read Book - Level 3) by Ann Turner, Robert Barrett (Illustrator) 3.73 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1995 — 10 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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“But now you can't find me or reach me or hurt me ever again and once I tell the words I am going to kick you off my porch and learn to breathe again.”
― Ann turner

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“I have a knife in my hand, slicing beef on the willowware plate, and I cut harder, faster, thinking it is your pink neck under my blade and I am cutting you into little pieces that I will bury in the meadow outside when there is no moon.”
― Ann Turner, Learning to Swim

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“At night I dream of swimming, my arms move smoothly through the water it is so easy, so calm.”
― Ann Turner, Learning to Swim

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