Beth Anderson, author portrait
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Beth Anderson

Beth Anderson, a former teacher, combines her love of writing with the joys of discovery and learning in her narrative nonfiction and historical fiction picture books. Her title Lizzie Demands a Seat won the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award and the Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Honor Award. Beth's recent books include Revolutionary Prudence Wright and Hiding in Plain Sight. She lives in Loveland, Colorado. Visit bethandersonwriter.com.
The Patriots and the Pox
Hiding in Plain Sight
Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science
Cloaked in Courage
Revolutionary Prudence Wright
Tad Lincoln's Restless Wriggle
"Smelly" Kelly and His Super Senses
Lizzie Demands a Seat!

Books

The Patriots and the Pox
Hiding in Plain Sight
Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science
Cloaked in Courage
Revolutionary Prudence Wright
Tad Lincoln's Restless Wriggle
"Smelly" Kelly and His Super Senses
Lizzie Demands a Seat!

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