Ellen Conford (1942–2015)

Author of What's Cooking, Jenny Archer?

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About the Author

Ellen Conford was born in New York City on March 20, 1942. Her first picture book, Impossible, Possum, was published in 1971. Her other picture books include Just the Thing for Geraldine and Eugene the Brave. Her first young adult novel, Dreams of Victory, was published in 1973. Her other works show more include Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate; Dear Mom, Get Me Out of Here; If This Is Love, I'll Take Spaghetti; I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost; and Crush. She also writes the Annabel the Actress series and the Jenny Archer series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Jenny Archer

Annabel the Actress

Carrie Wasserman

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Works by Ellen Conford

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What's Cooking, Jenny Archer? (1989) 219 copies

A Royal Pain (1986) 215 copies

A Job for Jenny Archer (1988) 171 copies

A Case for Jenny Archer (1988) 170 copies

Me and the Terrible Two (1974) 148 copies

Annabel the Actress Starring in Gorilla My Dreams (1999) 135 copies

Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate (1975) 109 copies

And This Is Laura (1977) 107 copies

Eugene the Brave (1978) 98 copies

Annabel the Actress Starring in Hound of the Barkervilles (2002) 98 copies

Dreams of Victory (1973) 97 copies

Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood (1978) 96 copies

Jenny Archer, Author (1845) 94 copies

If This Is Love, I'll Take Spaghetti (1838) 89 copies

We Interrupt This Semester for an Important Bulletin (1979) 88 copies

The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations: A Novel (1976) 80 copies

Annabel the Actress Starring in Just a Little Extra (2000) 78 copies

Seven Days to a Brand-New Me (1981) 78 copies

Just the Thing for Geraldine (1656) 76 copies

The Luck of Pokey Bloom (1975) 75 copies

Anything for a Friend (1979) 75 copies

The Frog Princess of Pelham (1997) 72 copies

Felicia the Critic (1973) 65 copies

Diary of a Monster's Son (1997) 55 copies

The Revenge of the Incredible Dr. Rancid and His Youthful Assistant, Jeffrey (1980) 54 copies

To All My Fans, With Love, from Sylvie (1982) 50 copies

Jenny Archer to the Rescue (Jenny Archer Chapter Book) (1990) 50 copies

I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost (1994) 48 copies

Crush (1998) 46 copies

Lenny Kandell, Smart Aleck (1656) 41 copies

Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (Springboard Books) (1871) 36 copies

You Never Can Tell (1984) 35 copies

Get the Picture, Jenny Archer? (Springboard Books) (1994) 34 copies

Can Do, Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book) (1991) 34 copies

Impossible, Possum (1971) 34 copies

Why Me? (1984) 33 copies

Genie with the Light Blue Hair (1989) 30 copies

Norman Newman and the Werewolf of Walnut Street (1995) 29 copies

My Sister the Witch (Norman Newman) (1995) 21 copies

The Things I Did for Love (1987) 20 copies

Strictly for Laughs (1985) 19 copies

Annabel the Actress Starring in Camping It Up (2004) 16 copies

Loving Someone Else (1991) 12 copies

Dear Mom, Get Me Out of Here! (1992) 8 copies

A Night to Remember (1995) 5 copies

Mirror, Mirror and Other Reflections (Celebrate Reading!) (1993) 5 copies

See You in September (An Avon Flare Book) (1995) 3 copies

Annabel The Actress...Hound Of Barkersville 2 copies

The Revenge of the Incredible Dr. Rancid and His Youthfull Assistant, Jeffery (An Apple Paperback) 1 copy

Your Three Minutes Are Up 1 copy

Why Can't I Be William? (1900) 1 copy

JUST A LITTLE EXTRA 1 copy

Can Do, Jenny Archer0 1 copy

Jenny Archer, Author[ JENNY ARCHER, AUTHOR ] By Conford, Ellen ( Author )Mar-01-2006 Paperback 1 copy

Lucky of Pokey Bloom, The 1 copy

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Associated Works

Shelf Life: Stories by the Book (2003) — Contributor — 306 copies

Short Circuits (1992) — Contributor — 35 copies

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Legal name: Conford, Ellen Schaffer
Birthdate: 1942-03-20
Date of death: 2015-03-20
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Place of death: Great Neck, New York, USA
Education: Hofstra College
Occupations: children's book author
young adult writer

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Me and the Terrible Two by Ellen Conford

This is another old children's book that's been sitting unread on the shelf in our home library for decades.

Dorrie Kimball is convinced her life will be misery now that her best friend has moved far, far away from the house next door and a pair of mischievous twin brothers have moved in.

Slowly, and in the mildest fashion, she discovers life isn't so bad if she only takes her head out of her butt.

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Me and the Terrible Two by Ellen Conford

No one, Dorrie vows, can take the place of her best friend who has moved to Australia, so when twin boys move into the empty house next door, the war is on.

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