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Pat Lowery Collins,
Author, Poet, Illustrator, Painter & Massachusetts Resident

Pat Lowery Collins is a poet, author, illustrator and painter. Among her many books for children is the tow time Reading Rainbow selection, I Am An Artist. Her newest book is a young adult novel, Signs and Wonders, and another novel, Just Imagine is under contract to Houghton Mifflin. She has illustrated for Putnam, Orchard and Atheneum and created the posters for the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire. A former regional advisor for the society of children's Book Writers and Illustrators, she often appears as a visiting author at schools and libraries and is on the faculty of the Worcester Art Museum. Her fine art is represented by MPG Gallery in Boston.

Pat grew up in Hollywood, California, where she had an early career as a child radio actress. She has lived in New England most of her adult life, and she and her husband, Wallace, have raised five children here. Now grandparents to six growing boys, Pat and Wallace live in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the family's former vacation home.

Readers may visit her home page at http://www.author-illustr-source.com/patlowerycollins.htm


Don't Tease
the Guppies

Pat Lowery Collins
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Jon and Tim are off to the aquarium. "I'll read the signs," Jon tells his little brother, but Tim has his own ideas about what the signs say. He thinks that "Don't Tease the Guppies" sounds better than "Feeding Tank This Way," and that "Little Busy Fish" is a lot more interesting than plain "Minnows." It's all right while Jon is there to read the signs to him, but when Tim goes off on his own and finds a door with big red letters on it, he decides they say "Come In." Opening the door gets Tim into trouble. Can Jon find him in time?

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First Impression

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Tomorrow,
Up and Away!

Michael Tougias
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Turtle wants to fly. He's tired of doing only turtle things--like resting--day after day. If birds can fly, why can't he?

His good friend Squirrel is skeptical, but after some thought he decides to help out. Perhaps with Rabbit's assistance and a few little kites... "Tomorrow," he tells Turtle, "I will have a surprise for you."

Expressively illustrated and told with contagious spirit and humor, here is the story of a turtle who, with a small boost from his friends, learns to accept his limitations and revel in his own unique talents.

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The Quiet Woman
Wakes up Shouting

Pat Lowery Collins
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"Pat Collins's poems are feasts for the senses. Rich with color, textures, sounds, the palatable delights of words themselves, they return us to the world as we first loved it, when 'each day was shaped life a fat purse, holding secrets, spilling keys.'" --Jody Gladding

"Here is the world through the painter's eye where the moon is vermeil, and wears a 'flat gold face.' Clear and vibrant." --Alice Friman

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Tumble, Tumble,
Tumbleweed

Pat Lowery Collins
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A pet does not have to bark, purr, swim or even breath as John's parents, brother Michael, the family pet dog, Benjamin and pet cat, Pops discover when John brings home a tumbling tumbleweed. John finds his tumbleweed an idea pet - "When everyone else was too busy to hear what I had to say, my tumbleweed would listen, and it never said, 'That was a stupid thing to do,' or 'John's a brat.'"

Young readers and adults alike can learn, from this attractively illustrated book, the value of a pet and why a pet is sometimes a very good friend to have.

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I Am an Artist
Pat Lowery Collins
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Are you an artist? Do you see the world around you in a special way? I Am an Artist shows you how, by simply observing the delights of nature, you can be inspired to create. Can you name the colors in side a seashell? You're an artist!

"...a gentle, attractive nudge to the creative instinct." --Kirkus Reviews

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Dreams of Glory
Illustrated by
Pat Lowery Collins
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This collection of poems starring girls celebrates their hopes, their pride, their fears, their humor, and their fierce determination to show the world who they are and what they can do.

There are no stereotypes here, no clinging vines. Self-esteem and a rich sense of purpose and girlhood togetherness make this anthology a special experience for each of its readers.

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Signs & Wonders
Pat Lowery Collins
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Tucked away at boarding school, fourteen-year-old Taswell is undergoing an extraordinary transformation. She knows it's important, but she's not sure how to deal with it and who she should tell...certainly not her distant grandmother, who's busy with work, or her father, who has a new and now pregnant wife. Isolated from friends and family, Taswell looks for help and advice in surprising places.

As Taswell discovers more about herself and the people around her, she ultimately finds salvation where she least expects it. Told entirely in letters, this startlingly original novel about searching for love and family is both heartbreaking and hilarious.

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