Kirby Larson

Kirby Lane Larson is an American writer of children's books including Oppenheim Platinum Award-winner The Magic Kerchief, illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. Her book, Hattie Big Sky, was a finalist for the 2007 Scandiuzzi Book Award of the Washington State Book Awards, and won a 2007 Newbery Honor. Kirby is retired from the faculty at the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA program. Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival and Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle both have won a Show-Me Award.

Bibliography

  • Second-Grade Pig Pals (1994)
  • 'Cody and Quinn, Sitting in a Tree (1996)
  • The Magic Kerchief (2000)
  • Hattie Big Sky (2006)
  • Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival (2008)
  • Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle (2009)
  • The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle Washington, 1941 (2010)
  • The Friendship Doll (2011)



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