Hanson, Mary Elizabeth

Personal

Female.

Addresses

Home—Santa Barbara, CA.

Career

Children's author and librarian.

Writings

Foghorn, illustrated by Paul Orlando, Willowisp Press (St. Petersburg, FL), 1994.

Snug, illustrated by Cheryl Munro Taylor, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 1998.

The Old Man and the Flea, illustrated by David Webber Merrell, Rising Moon (Flagstaff, AZ), 2001.

The Difference between Babies and Cookies, illustrated by Debbie Tilley, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Trade Publications (San Diego, CA), 2002.

How to Save Your Tail: If You Are a Rat Nabbed by Cats Who Really Like Stories about Magic Spoons, Wolves with Snout-Warts, Big, Hairy Chimney Trolls—and Cookies Too, illustrated by John Hendrix, Schwartz & Wade Books (New York, NY), 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, May 15, 1998, Hazel Rochman, review of Snug, p. 1632; March 1, 2002, Connie Fletcher, review of The Difference between Babies and Cookies, p. 1141; April 1, 2007, John Peters, review of How to Save Your Tail: If You Are a Rat Nabbed by Cats Who Really Like Stories about Magic Spoons, Wolves with Snout-Warts, Big, Hairy Chimney Trolls—and Cookies Too, p. 57.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, September, 2007, Hope Morrison, review of How to Save Your Tail, p. 29.

Kirkus Reviews, April 22, 2002, review of The Difference between Babies and Cookies, p. 568; April 1, 2007, review of How to Save Your Tail.

Publishers Weekly, June 1, 1998, review of Snug, p. 48; January 8, 2001, review of The Old Man and the Flea p. 66; April 22, 2002, review of The Difference between Babies and Cookies, p. 68.

School Library Journal, October, 2001, Kathleen Whalin, review of The Old Man and the Flea, p. 119; May, 2002, Martha Topol, review of The Difference between Babies and Cookies, p. 116; June, 2007, Debbie Lewis O'Donnell, review of How to Save Your Tail, p. 107.