Barasch, Lynne 1939-

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BARASCH, Lynne 1939-

PERSONAL:

Born March 23, 1939, in New York, NY; daughter of Robert J. and Elaine Marx; married Kenneth R. Barasch (an ophthalmologist), June 20, 1958; children: Wendy, Cassie, Dinah Barasch Herrity. Ethnicity: "White." Education: Attended Rhode Island School of Design and Parsons School of Design; New School, B.F.A., 1976. Hobbies and other interests: Theater, art, music, literature.

ADDRESSES:

Home—New York, NY. Agent—Jean V. Naggar, 216 E. 75th St., New York, NY 10021. E-mail—LLBarasch@aol.com.

CAREER:

Writer and illustrator.

MEMBER:

Authors Guild, Authors League of America.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Awards for children's books include "notable book" citations from School Library Journal and Smithsonian Institution, 2000, "pick of the lists" citation from American Booksellers association, 2000, and citation for honor list, Society of School Librarians International, 2001, all for Radio Rescue; Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, 2005, for Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates; Best Book award, National History magazine, 2005, for Ask Albert Einstein; Oppenheim Gold Awards for Radio Rescue and The Reluctant Flower Girl.

WRITINGS:

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

(And illustrator) Rodney's Inside Story, Orchard Books (New York, NY), 1991.

(And illustrator) A Winter Walk, Ticknor & Fields (New York, NY), 1991.

(And illustrator) Old Friends, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1998.

(And illustrator) Radio Rescue, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2000.

(And illustrator) The Reluctant Flower Girl, Harper-Collins (New York, NY), 2001.

(And illustrator) Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates, Lee & Low Books (New York, NY), 2004.

(And illustrator) A Country Schoolhouse, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2004.

(And illustrator) Ask Albert Einstein, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2005.

(Illustrator) Jane Cutler, Commonsense and Fowls, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2005.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, October 1, 1992, Deborah Abbott, review of Rodney's Inside Story, p. 333; September 15, 2000, Gillian Engberg, review of Radio Rescue, p. 239; March 15, 2001, review of Radio Rescue, p. 1374; May 1, 2001, Gillian Engberg, review of The Reluctant Flower Girl, p. 1688; June 1, 2004, Ilene Cooper, review of Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates, p. 1760; September, 2004, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of A Country Schoolhouse, p. 129; September 1, 2005, Ilene Cooper, review of Ask Albert Einstein, p. 126.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, October, 1992, review of Rodney's Inside Story, p. 36; July, 2000, review of Radio Rescue, p. 389; July-August, 2004, Deborah Stevenson, review of Knockin' on Wood, p. 454.

Childhood Education, spring, 2002, Terre Synchterz, review of The Reluctant Flower Girl, p. 172.

Five Owls, January, 1995, review of A Winter Walk, p. 55.

Horn Book Magazine, September-October, 1992, Margaret A. Bush, review of Rodney's Inside Story, p. 572; September, 2000, review of Radio Rescue, p. 546.

Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2004, review of Knockin' on Wood, p. 438; July 15, 2004, review of A Country Schoolhouse, p. 681; October 1, 2005, review of Ask Albert Einstein, p. 1076.

Publishers Weekly, July 13, 1992, review of Rodney's Inside Story, p. 53; February 16, 1998, review of Old Friends, p. 211; October 16, 2000, review of Radio Rescue, p. 76; April 30, 2001, review of The Reluctant Flower Girl, p. 76; May 3, 2004, review of Knockin' on Wood, p. 192.

Reading Teacher, February, 2001, review of Radio Rescue, p. 541.

School Library Journal, September, 1992, Christine A. Moesch, review of Rodney's Inside Story, p. 198; September, 1993, Starr LaTronica, review of A Winter Walk, p. 204; April, 1998, Jody McCoy, review of Old Friends, p. 91; October, 2000, Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, review of Radio Rescue, p. 110; December, 2000, review of Radio Rescue, p. 52; June, 2001, Debbie Stewart, review of The Reluctant Flower Girl, p. 102; June, 2004, Marianne Saccardi, review of Knockin' on Wood, p. 122; August, 2004, Catherine Threadgill, review of A Country Schoolhouse, p. 82; April, 2005, review of Knockin' on Wood, p. S32; January, 2006, Holly T. Sneeringer, review of Ask Albert Einstein, p. 116.