Marion Dane Bauer
Marion Dane Bauer is an American children's author.
Bauer was born on November 20, 1938, and brought up in Oglesby, a small prairie town in Northern Illinois. She was educated at LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College, the University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma, where she graduated in 1962. She married Ronald Bauer, raising their two children as well as being a foster parent for other children. That marriage ended in divorce after 28 years. She has taught English at a Wisconsin high school and classes in creative writing in Minnesota. Marion was one of the founders of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives and works in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Marion wanted to be a writer from an early age. As a child, she says, "I constantly made up in my head, for my dolls, for my friends. I acted them out using my cigar box filled with marbles as characters." An aunt gave her vital encouragement during her teenage years, by taking her work seriously and urging her to continue writing. Bauer recalls that "the example of someone who loved writing and found doing it both good and important, probably influenced me more deeply than any other."
Recognition
Rain of Fire won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award in 1984. On My Honor was a Newbery Honor Book in 1987 and won the William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1989. Am I Blue, an anthology of children's fiction about gay and lesbian issues, won a Lambda Literary Award in 1994, and the Stonewall Book Award for literature in 1995. Bauer received the Kerlan Award in 1996. won a 2010 Golden Kite Award for picture-book text.
Books
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, 1977', 1980 ', 1983, 1985On My Honor, 1986', 1987 ', 1990', 1991 ', 1992', 1992 ', 1993', 1994 ', 1994', 1995 ', 1995', 1996 ', 1997Alison's Wings, 1997Alison's Puppy, 1997Alison's Fierce and Ugly Halloween, 1997Turtle Dreams, 1997Christmas in the Forest, 1998Bear's Hiccups, 1998', 1999 ', 1999The Double Digit Club, 2000', 2000 ', 2000My Mother is Mine, 2001If you Had a Nose Like an Elephant's Trunk, 2001Runt, 2002The Kissing Monster, 2002Uh-Oh!, 2002Frog's Best Friend, 2002Love Song for a Baby, 2002', 2003. In the Dear America series.Snow, 2003Wind, 2003Why Do Kittens Purr?, 2003Toes, Ears & Nose! 2003 ', 2004The Very Best Daddy of All, 2004A Mama for Owen, 2004Clouds, 2004Rain, 2004', 2005The Blue Ghost, 2005Easter is Coming, 2005A Recipe for Valentine's Day, 2005Waiting for Christmas, 2005If Frogs Made Weather, 2005Niagara Falls, 2006The Rocky Mountains, 2006The Grand Canyon, 2006Christmas Lights, 2006I'm Not Afraid of Halloween!, 2006The Statue of Liberty, 2007Mount Rushmore, 2007The Mighty Mississippi, 2007The Secret of the Painted House, 2007 ', 2007Baby Bear Discovers the World, 2007A Mama for Owen, 2007The Red Ghost, 2008The Green Ghost, 2008Some Babies Are Wild, 2008Yellowstone, 2008Volcano!, 2008Flood!, 2008Earthquake!, 2009The Very Little Princess, 2009The Christmas Baby, 2009Martin Luther King, Jr. - My First Biography, 2009The Longest Night, 2009One Brown Bunny, 2009How Do I Love You?, 2009Cutest Critter, 2010Christopher Columbus - My First Biography, 2010Harriet Tubman - My First Biography, 2010Thank You for Me!, 2010The Longest Night, 2011In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb, 2011Benjamin Franklin - My First Biography, 2011The Golden Ghost, 2011The Very Little Princess - Rose's Story, 2011The Very Little Princess - Zoey's Story, 2011Dinosaur Thunder, 2012Halloween Forest, 2012', 2012Celebrating Arizona, 2013Celebrating Texas, 2013Celebrating New York, 2013Celebrating Florida, 2013Celebrating California, 2013Celebrating Virginia and Washington, D.C., 2013Celebrating North Carolina, 2014Celebrating Washington State, 2014Celebrating Massachusetts, 2014Celebrating Illinois, 2014Crinkle, Crackle, Crack, It's Spring, 2015 ', 2016Sun, 2016Rainbow, 2016Winter Dance, 2017Jump Little Wood Ducks, 2017The Stuff of Stars, 2018The Appalachian Trail, 2020, 2021Moon - Our Universe Series, 2021Mars - Our Universe Series, 2021Earth - Our Universe Series, 2021The Animals Speak, 2021The Night Sky - Our Universe Series, 2023We, the Curious Ones, 2023The Solar System - Our Universe Series, 2024