Muehl, Lois Baker

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MUEHL, Lois Baker

MUEHL, Lois Baker. American, b. 1920. Genres: Children's fiction, Poetry, Education. Career: Retired Director, Reading Laboratory, Rhetoric Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1965-85. Reading Specialist, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina 1967-69; EFL Teacher, refugees in Thailand, 1980, 1982, in Korea, 1985, and in China, 1987-88; freelance writer, 1957-. Publications: My Name Is …, 1959; Worst Room in the School, 1961; One Very Happy Family (play), 1964; Hidden Year of Devlin Bates, 1967; Winter Holiday Brain Teasers, 1979; A Reading Approach to Rhetoric, 1983; (with S. Muehl) Hermann, Missouri 1852: News and Voices, 1987; (with S. Muehl) Trading Cultures in the Classroom: Two American Teachers in China, 1993; Talkable Tales, 1993. Contributor of quips, articles, light verse, and poems to national publications. Address: 430 Crestview Ave, Iowa City, IA 52245, U.S.A.