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Ellen Potter

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New York City, The United States

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Ellen Potter is the author of many children's books, including the Olivia Kidney series, Pish Posh, SLOB, and The Kneebone Boy. Her non-fiction book, Spilling Ink; a Young Writer’s Handbook, was co-authored by Anne Mazer

Olivia Kidney was awarded Child magazine’s “Best Children’s Book Award” and was selected as one of the “Books of the Year” by Parenting magazine.

SLOB is on more than 10 state book award lists and was selected for the Junior Library Guild.

Spilling Ink; A Young Writer’s Handbook was a New York Public Library Top 100 Children’s Book for 2010 and a Children’s Literature Assembly 2011 Notable Book.

Her newest series is Piper Green and the Fairy Tree.
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	The Humming Room: A Novel Inspired by the Secret Garden 3.83 avg rating — 4,736 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Slob 3.77 avg rating — 4,055 ratings — published 2009 — 11 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
	The Kneebone Boy 3.94 avg rating — 3,350 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Pish Posh 3.84 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 2006 — 15 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
	Olivia Kidney (Spanish) 3.88 avg rating — 1,035 ratings — published 2003 — 24 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
	Big Foot and Little Foot (Big Foot and Little Foot #1) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Felicita Sala 3.98 avg rating — 863 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Piper Green and the Fairy Tree (Piper Green, #1) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.07 avg rating — 840 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy 4.04 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 2005 — 25 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
	Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City 3.94 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Too Much Good Luck (Piper Green, #2) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2015 — 8 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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Olivia Kidney (3 books)
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Piper Green and the Fairy Tree (5 books)
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Qin Leng (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations)

4.10 avg rating — 1,514 ratings

Big Foot and Little Foot (5 books)
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4.04 avg rating — 1,501 ratings

Otis Dooda (2 books)
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David Heatley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations)

3.69 avg rating — 179 ratings

Hither & Nigh (2 books)
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3.91 avg rating — 165 ratings

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“All great adventures have moments that are really crap.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

tags: adventure

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“Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

tags: adventure

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“...when you start to feel like you are better than someone else, you should probably stick your head in a toilet because at that moment your thoughts are crap.”
― Ellen Potter

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What book should we read in June?

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The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine

17 votes 27.9%

The Humming Room by Ellen Potter

12 votes 19.7%

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

9 votes 14.8%

The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

8 votes 13.1%

The One and Only Ivan (write-in)

4 votes 6.6%

Wonder (write-in)

4 votes 6.6%

the Humming Room by Ellen Potter (write-in)

2 votes 3.3%

The Humming Room (write-in)

2 votes 3.3%

The lions of little rock

1 vote 1.6%

Lions of little rock (write-in)

1 vote 1.6%

the Humming room (write-in)

1 vote 1.6%

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