Contact Info:
Lives in: Falcon Heights, MN
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mariondanebauer.com
Phone: 952 715-2453
Author of:
Children’s Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Picture Books, and Young Adult Fiction
Age Group: Infants to Young Adult
Books:
NOVELS:
Little Cat’s Luck, illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell, (Simon & Schuster, 2016)
Little Dog, Lost, illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell, (Atheneum, 2012)
The Very Little Princess, Rose’s Story illustrated Elizabeth Sayles, (A Stepping Stones Book, 2011)
The Golden Ghost, illustrated by Peter Ferguson (A Stepping Stones Book, 2011)
The Very Little Princess (A Stepping Stones Book, Random House, 2010)
The Green Ghost (A Stepping Stones Book, Random House, 2009)
The Red Ghost (A Stepping Stones Book), Random House, 2008)
The Secret of the Painted House (A Stepping Stones Book, Random House, 2007)
Killing Miss Kitty and Other Sins (Clarion Books, 2007)
The Blue Ghost (A Stepping Stones Book, Random House, 2005)
A Bear Named Trouble (Clarion Books, 2005)
The Double-Digit Club (Holiday House 2004) Junior Library Guild selection
Land of the Buffalo Bones (Scholastic/Dear America, 2003)
Runt, (Clarion Books, 2002) Maude Hart Lovelace Award, Minnesota; Georgia Children’s Books Award, Georgia
An Early Winter. (Clarion Books, 1999) New York Public Library 100 Best Books for 1999.
A Question of Trust. (Scholastic Hardcover, 1994. ABA Pick of the Lists; New York Public Library Children’s Books, 1994; 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing; SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Best Books of 1994; an outstanding book on the list of Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College.
A Taste of Smoke. (Clarion Books, 1993 an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Ghost Eye. (Scholastic Hardcover, 1992) an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Face To Face. (Clarion Books, 1991), 1992 Children’s Book of Distinction, HUNGRY MIND REVIEW; ABA Pick of the Lists; Minnesota Book Award for older children
A Dream of Queens and Castles. (Clarion Books, 1990)
Touch the Moon. (Clarion Books, 1987)
On My Honor. (Clarion Books, 1986) a 1987 ALA Newbery Honor Book; a 1987 ALA Notable Children’s Book, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Best Books of 1986, BOOKLIST Editors’ Choice, PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY CHOICE: The Year’s Best Books; runner-up Children’s Book Award, Great Britain, 1988; Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award, North Dakota, 1989; William Allen White Award, Kansas, 1989; Golden Archer Award, Wisconsin, 1989; BBY,IRA selection for 1990 Janusc Korczak Literary Competition in Poland Teachers’ Choices, 1984, NCTE; BOOKLIST Reviewers’ Choice; Jane Addams Peace Association, 1984 Children’s Book Award
Like Mother, Like Daughter. (Clarion Books, 1985)
Rain of Fire. (Clarion Books, 1983) Teachers’ Choices, 1984, NCTE; BOOKLIST Reviewers’ Choice; Jane Addams Peace Association, 1984 Children’s Book Award
Tangled Butterfly. (Clarion Books,1980)
Foster Child .(Clarion Books, 1977) 1977 Golden Kite Honor Book, 1977, Society of Children’s Book Writers
Shelter From The Wind. (Clarion Books, 1976) an ALA Notable Book, an award equivalent to the U.S. Newbery from the Japanese Library Association.
BOOKS ON WRITING:
Our Stories, A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors (Clarion Books, 1996)
Writer’s Story, From Life To Fiction. (Clarion Books, 1995)
What’s Your Story? A Young Person’s Guide To Writing Fiction. (Clarion, 1992)
PICTURE BOOKS AND NOVELTY BOOKS:
The Stuff of Stars, illustrated by Ekua Holmes (Candlewick, 2018) Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Winter Dance, illustrated by Richard Jones, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)
Jump, Little Wood Ducks, photographs by Stan Tekiela (Adventure Publications, 2017)
Crinkle, Crackle, Crack, It’s Spring, illustrated by John Shelley (Holiday House, 2015)
For the Love of Baby . . ., illustrated by Virginai Allyn (Chronicle Books, 2013)
Halloween Forest, illustrated by John Shelley, (Holiday House, 2012)
Dinosaur Thunder, illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, (Scholastic, 2012)
Harriet Tubman, illustrated by Tammie Lyon (Scholastic, 2010)
Thank You for Me! illustrated by Kristina Stephenson (Simon & Schuster, 2010)
In Like a Lion, Our Like a Lamb, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully, (Holiday House, 2010)
The Cutest Critter, photographs by Stan Tekiela (Adventure Publications, 2010)
The Christmas Baby, illustrated by Richard Cowdrey (Simon & Schuster, 2009)
The Longest Night, illustrated by Ted Lewin (Holiday House, 2009)
One Brown Bunny, illustrated by Ivan Bates (Scholastic, 2009)
How Do I Love You?, illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church (Scholastic, 2009)
Some Babies are Wild, photographs by Stan Tekiela (Adventure Publications, 2008)
A Mama for Owen, illustrated by John Butler (Simon & Schuster, 2007)
Baby Bear Discovers the World, photographs by Stan Tekiela (Adventure Publications, 2007)
I’m Not Afraid of Halloween, illustrated by Rusty Fletcher (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
Christmas Lights, illustrated by Susan Mitchell (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
Easter is Coming, illustrated by Jayoung Cho (Simon & Schuster, 2005)
Waiting for Christmas illustrated by Jayoung Cho (Simon & Schuster, 2005)
If Frogs Made Weather, illustrated by Dorothy Donahue, (Holiday House, 2005)
A Recipe for Valentine’s Day, illustrated by Jennifer Herbert, (Simon & Schuster, 2004)
The Very Best Daddy of All, illustrated by Leslie Wu (Simon & Schuster, 2004)
Toes, Ears and Nose, illustrated by Karen Katz (Simon & Schuster, 2003) Parenting Picks, PARENTING MAGAZINE
Why Do Kittens Purr?, illustrated by Henry Cole (Simon & Schuster, 2003)
Uh-Oh!, illustrated by Valeria Petrone (Simon & Schuster, 2002)
Love Song for a Baby, illustrated by Dan Andreasen (Simon & Schuster, 2002)
The Kissing Monster, illustrated by Kathy Couri, (Little Simon, 2002)
If You Had a Nose Like an Elephant’s Trunk, illustrated by Susan Winter, (Holiday House, 2001)
My Mother is Mine, illustrated by Peter Elwell, (Simon & Schuster, 2001) ABA Pick of the Lists, New York Times Picture Book Best Seller List for two weeks Jason’s Bears, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, (Hyperion) 2000
Grandmother’s Song, illustrated by Pamela Rossi (Simon & Schuster)
2000 Sleep, Little One, Sleep, illustrated by JoEllen McAllister Stammen (Simon & Schuster) 1999
If You Were Born a Kitten, illustrated by JoEllen McAllister Stammen (Simon & Schuster 1997) Minnesota Book Award for Children, 1998, Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Literature, Wisconsin Library Association, 1997, Society of School Librarians International 1998 Honor Book, a highly commended title for the 1998 Charlotte Zolotow Award, ABC Choices for Children (in the new board book format)
When I Go Camping With Grandma. Illustrated by Allen Garns (Bridge Water Books, 1995)
EARLY READERS, FICTION
Frog’s Best Friend (Holiday House, 2002)
Christmas in the Forest (Holiday House, 1998)
Bear’s Hiccups (Holiday House, 1998)
Turtle Dreams (Holiday House, 1997)
Alison’s Fierce and Ugly Halloween (Hyperion, 1997)
Alison’s Puppy (Hyperion, 1997)
Alison’s Wing’s (Hyperion, 1996)
EARLY READERS, NON-FICTION
Sun, illustrated by John Wallace, (Simon Spotlight, 2016)
Rainbow, illustrated by John Wallace, (Simon Spotlight, 2016)
Celebrating Washington, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)
Celebrating Illinois, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)
Celebrating Massachusetts, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)
Celebrating North Carolina, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)
Celebrating Virginia, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)
Celebrating Arizona, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)
Celebrating Texas, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)
Celebrating New York, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)
Celebrating Florida, illustrated by C. B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)
Celebrating California, illustrated by C.B. Canga, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)
Abraham Lincoln, illustrated by Liz Goulet Dubois, (Scholastic, 2012)
Benjamin Franklin, illustrated by Anthony Lewis, My First Biograph, Scholastic, 2011
Christopher Columbus, illustrated by Mount Rushmore, illustrated by John Wallace (Simon & Schuster, 2007)
The Grand Canyon, illustrated by John Wallace (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
The Rocky Mountains, illustrated by John Wallace (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
Niagara Falls, illustrated by John Wallace (Simon & Schuster, 2006)
Wind, illustrated by John Wallace, (Simon & Schuster, 2003)
Snow, illustrated by John Wallace (Simon & Schuster, 2003)
Rain, illustrated by John Wallace (Simon & Schuster, 2004)
Clouds, illustrated by John Wallace, (Simon & Schuster, 2004)
ANTHOLOGY, EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTOR
Am I Blue? Coming Out From The Silence. (HarperCollins, 1994) an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, winner of the 1995 ALA Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Book Award for Literature, the 1995 Lambda Literary Award for Children and Young Adults, and the 1995 Minnesota Book Award for older children.
AWARDS FOR THE BODY OF MY WORK
The Kerlan Award of the University of Minnesota, 1996, in recognition for singular attainments in the creation of children’s literature Author’s Award, Southern Utah University Reading Conference, 1994