Banks, Merry

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Banks, Merry

Personal

Female.

Addresses

Home—Alameda, CA.

Career

Children's book writer and publishing executive. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, executive.

Writings

Animals of the Night, illustrated by Ronald Himler, Scribner (New York, NY), 1990.

Come and See!, Silver Burdett (Saddle River, NJ), 1996.

Firefighters!, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1996.

Oh, John the Rabbit! Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1996.

(With Susan Middleton Elya) N Is for Navidad, illustrated by Joe Cepeda, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, November 1, 2007, Hazel Rochman, review of N Is for Navidad, p. 55.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, June, 1990, review of Animals of the Night, p. 232.

Horn Book, March-April, 1990, Carolyn K. Jenks, review of Animals of the Night, p. 218; November-December, 2007, Jennifer M. Brabander, review of N Is for Navidad, p. 628.

School Library Journal, May, 1990, Barbara B. Murphy, review of Animals of the Night, p. 94.

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