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Katherine Ayres

Author of Up, Down, and Around

17+ Works 2,144 Members 32 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the name: Katherine Ayres

Image credit: via Autumn House

Series

Will and Lucy Spencer

Works by Katherine Ayres

Up, Down, and Around (2007) 655 copies

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad (1998) 379 copies

Voices at Whisper Bend (1999) 297 copies

Under Copp's Hill (American Girl History Mysteries) (2000) 206 copies

Stealing South: A Story of the Underground Railroad (2001) 204 copies

Macaroni Boy (2003) 145 copies

Family Tree (Yearling) (1996) 76 copies

Silver Dollar Girl (2000) 74 copies

Matthew's Truck (2005) — Author — 32 copies

A Long Way (2003) 28 copies

American Girl History Mysteries: Books 4-6 Voices at Whisper Bend/Secrets on 26th Street/Mystery of the Dark Tower (2000) 18 copies

History Mysteries: Trouble at Fort LA Pointe, Under Copp's Hill, Watcher in the Piney Woods, Books 7, 8 and 9 (History… (2000) 12 copies

Growing things Preschool story time kit 9 copies

Bear Season (2013) 5 copies

American Girl History Mysteries Set 1-6 Smuggler's Treasure; Hoofbeats of Danger; Night Flyers; Voices at Whisper… (2008) 2 copies

North by Northwest 1 copy

Amer Girl Hist Myst Under Copp (American Girl History Mysteries (Prebound)) (2000) 1 copy

Associated Works

Sinister Wisdom 103: Celebrating the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (2017) — Contributor — 9 copies

Tagged

19th century (10) American Girl (46) American history (12) Boston (11) bugs (14) children (20) children's (20) children's literature (12) Civil War (21) directions (9) fiction (73) food (18) garden (44) gardening (43) gardens (27) growing (12) historical (12) historical fiction (113) history (18) immigrants (8) juvenile (13) kids (14) mystery (53) non-fiction (10) paperback (9) picture book (29) plants (48) prepositions (17) preschool (8) realistic fiction (10) rhyme (9) science (9) seeds (25) slavery (40) spring (32) stories in rhyme (9) to-read (19) Underground Railroad (46) vegetables (44) young adult (8)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1947-10-15
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Places of residence: Pennsylvania, USA
Occupations: teacher
elementary school principal
writer

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Reviews

Bear Season by Katherine Ayres

No matter how much Katherine Ayres has studied and admired bears, she falls short in conveying her knowledge and experiences to her reader. She digresses so often into other subjects and associations that the bear becomes a background story. It is as if she cannot choose between writing about bears or writing about herself.

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North by night : a story of the Underground Railroad by Katherine. Ayres

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Awards

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Young Hoosier Book Award

Macaroni Boy (Nominee – Intermediate – 2006)

Up, Down, and Around (2008)

Notable Book for a Global Society

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad (1999)

Georgia Children's Book Award

Macaroni Boy (Finalist – Possibly for All Grades (4-8) – 2008)

NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6

Stealing South: A Story of the Underground Railroad (365807)

Kentucky Bluegrass Award

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad (Nominee – Grades 4-8 – 2000)

William Allen White Children's Book Award

Macaroni Boy (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 16752)

Family Tree (Yearling) (Nominee – 18457)

Nutmeg Book Award

Macaroni Boy (Nominee – Intermediate – 2007)

Mark Twain Readers Award

Family Tree (Yearling) (Nominee)

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award

Silver Dollar Girl (Nominee – 2004)

Family Tree (Yearling) (Nominee – 1999)

NCTE Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8

Stealing South: A Story of the Underground Railroad (4th Edition – 19121)

NCTE Books For You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad (364434)

Grand Canyon Reader Award

Family Tree (Yearling) (Nominee – Intermediate – 2000)

Tayshas High School Reading List

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad (2000)

California Young Reader Medal

Family Tree (Yearling) (Nominee – Intermediate, Grades 3-5 – 1999)

West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award

Silver Dollar Girl (Nominee – 17667)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad (History, Life and Culture in the Americas – 1999)

Great Reads from Great Places

Up, Down, and Around (Kansas – 2010)

Young Adult Favorites Award

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad (2000)

Texas 2x2 Reading List

Up, Down, and Around (2008)

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Carine Montbertrand Narrator

Statistics

Works: 17
Also by: 1
Members: 2,144
Popularity: #11,999
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 32
ISBNs: 92
Languages: 2

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