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Dori Hillestad Butler

Born

in Fairmont, Minnesota, The United States

August 25, 1965

Website

http://www.kidswriter.com

Genre

Children's Books

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Dori Hillestad Butler is an American author of more than 40 children's books, as well as magazine stories, plays and educational materials. Her first book, The Great Tooth Fairy Rip-Off, was published in 1997. She is known particularly for The Truth about Truman School, a 2008 young adult title focusing on the subject of cyber bullying, and for My Mom's Having a Baby (illustrated by Carol Thompson), which in 2011 appeared on the American Library Association's list of most commonly challenged books in the United States for its portrayal of conception and childbirth. Her 2010 mystery title, Buddy Files: Case of the Last Boy, won the 2011 Edgar Award for the best juvenile mystery published in 2010. Before becoming a children's author, Butler ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 12,779 ratings · 1,940 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Haunted Library (The Haunted Library #1) by Dori Hillestad Butler, Aurore Damant (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 1,517 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Truth About Truman School 3.74 avg rating — 1,074 ratings — published 2008 — 17 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 Case of the Lost Boy (The Buddy Files, #1) by Dori Hillestad Butler, Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 996 ratings — published 2010 — 22 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
	Do You Know the Monkey Man? 4.05 avg rating — 940 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats (King & Kayla, #1) by Dori Hillestad Butler, Nancy Meyers (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 720 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Ghost in the Attic (The Haunted Library #2) by Dori Hillestad Butler, Aurore Damant (Illustrations) 4.19 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Ghost Backstage (The Haunted Library #3) by Dori Hillestad Butler, Aurore Damant (Illustrations) 4.17 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Case of the Library Monster (The Buddy Files, #5) by Dori Hillestad Butler, Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Five O'Clock Ghost (The Haunted Library #4) by Dori Hillestad Butler, Aurore Damant (Illustrations) 4.16 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth (King & Kayla, #4) by Dori Hillestad Butler, Nancy Meyers (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 2018 — 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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Series by Dori Hillestad Butler

The Haunted Library (10 books)
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Dori Hillestad Butler,

Aurore Damant (Illustrations)

4.09 avg rating — 4,211 ratings

Buddy Files (6 books)
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Dori Hillestad Butler,

Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator)

4.07 avg rating — 2,387 ratings

King & Kayla (12 books)
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Dori Hillestad Butler,

Nancy Meyers (Illustrator)

4.03 avg rating — 2,294 ratings

Dear Beast (4 books)
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Dori Hillestad Butler,

Kevan Atteberry (Illustrator)

4.14 avg rating — 458 ratings

The Treasure Troop (4 books)
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Dori Hillestad Butler,

Tim Budgen (Illustrations)

4.15 avg rating — 254 ratings

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Quotes by Dori Hillestad Butler (?)

“The person you are when no one's looking, or when no one else knows who you are...that's the person you really are!”
― Dori Hillestad Butler, The Truth About Truman School

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“We always know more than we think we do. The problem is we don't always know what we know.”
― Dori Butler, The Case of the Mixed-Up Mutts

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“I'd much rather have a brain of my own than be popular.”
― Dori Hillestad Butler, The Truth About Truman School

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