Anne F. Rockwell
Author of Apples and Pumpkins
About the Author
Anne Rockwell was born in Memphis, Tennessee on February 8, 1934. She moved to New York City at the age of 18 and found a job doing typing work for a textbook publisher. She studied at Pratt Graphic Arts Center and at the Sculpture Center. She became an author and illustrator. Her first children's show more book, Paul and Arthur Search for the Egg, was published in 1964. Her other books included Boats, Fire Engines, Things That Go, Our Earth, and Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. She collaborated on several books with her husband Harlow Rockwell including Sally's Caterpillar and The Toolbox. After her husband's death, she collaborated with her daughter Lizzy Rockwell. Their books included Career Day and Zoo Day. She died of natural causes on April 10, 2018 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Anne F. Rockwell
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent (2016) 130 copies, 6 reviews
Spy Called James: The True Story of James Armistead Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent 14 copies
Fall preschool story time kit 5 copies
the emergency room 2 copies
The Gingerbread Man 1 copy
La excursion 1 copy
The Three Little Pigs 1 copy
The Shoemaker And The Elves 1 copy
The Lion And The Mouse 1 copy
Bugs are Insects 1 copy
Things That Go 1 copy
Valentine's Day Mouse 1 copy
The Glass Valentine 1 copy
Associated Works
The Turtle and the Two Ducks: Animal Fables Retold from LA Fontaine (1981) — Illustrator — 15 copies, 1 review
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- Birthdate
- 1934-02-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA - Relationships
- Rockwell, Harlow (spouse)
Rockwell, Lizzy (daughter)
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Reviews
Book for primary. This is a sweet book on a class writing about all the different types of fathers, and how much they love their fathers. Some issues with using this book in a classroom: not all kids have dads who are in their lives. Not all kids have great relationships with their dads like in this book.
This book does a really nice job of capturing the feeling of being a little kid and exploring and finding out what the library is like! I thought it was very affectionately crafted! :)
One of those old children's book that I assume would not get made today. It's so loaded with stereotypes the mother of the title character actually walks around carrying a crystal ball.
And if you disregard all the offensive stuff, the story is extremely slight. A little girl is so happy that her father found her some new red patent-leather shoes that she wanders around her new neighborhood in a big city asking people if they will watch her dance in them. Most of the folks are too busy, but she keeps trying until she can't contain the dance anymore.… (more)
And if you disregard all the offensive stuff, the story is extremely slight. A little girl is so happy that her father found her some new red patent-leather shoes that she wanders around her new neighborhood in a big city asking people if they will watch her dance in them. Most of the folks are too busy, but she keeps trying until she can't contain the dance anymore.… (more)
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