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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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Average rating: 3.91 · 19,921 ratings · 3,188 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Humming Room: A Novel Inspired by the Secret Garden 3.83 avg rating — 4,721 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Slob 3.77 avg rating — 4,037 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 3.93 avg rating — 3,347 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 — 1,264 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 — 1,037 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
	Piper Green and the Fairy Tree (Piper Green, #1) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrations) 4.07 avg rating — 828 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
	Big Foot and Little Foot (Big Foot and Little Foot #1) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Felicita Sala 3.96 avg rating — 802 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy 4.03 avg rating — 449 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 3.95 avg rating — 334 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 (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 273 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

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Olivia Kidney (3 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 1,820 ratings

Piper Green and the Fairy Tree (5 books)
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Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author),

Qin Leng (Illustrations)

4.10 avg rating — 1,479 ratings

Big Foot and Little Foot (5 books)
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Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author)

4.03 avg rating — 1,380 ratings

Otis Dooda (2 books)
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Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author),

David Heatley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations)

3.69 avg rating — 178 ratings

Hither & Nigh (2 books)
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3.89 avg rating — 149 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 Shall We Read in November?

I have chosen books that are getting a lot of attention and were published in September and October. Please let me know if you think a book should be added to the list.

If you get the chance, check and see what your library has before you vote.

The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter

10 votes 37.0%

Storyteller by Patricia Reilly Giff

4 votes 14.8%

The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby

4 votes 14.8%

The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson

2 votes 7.4%

Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst

2 votes 7.4%

What Happened on Fox Street by Tricia Springstubb

2 votes 7.4%

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

2 votes 7.4%

The Memory Bank by Carolyn Coman

1 vote 3.7%

27 total votes

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