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Ellen Potter

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New York City, The United States

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Ellen Potter is the author of many children's books, including the Olivia Kidney series, Pish Posh, SLOB, and The Kneebone Boy. Her non-fiction book, Spilling Ink; a Young Writer’s Handbook, was co-authored by Anne Mazer

Olivia Kidney was awarded Child magazine’s “Best Children’s Book Award” and was selected as one of the “Books of the Year” by Parenting magazine.

SLOB is on more than 10 state book award lists and was selected for the Junior Library Guild.

Spilling Ink; A Young Writer’s Handbook was a New York Public Library Top 100 Children’s Book for 2010 and a Children’s Literature Assembly 2011 Notable Book.

Her newest series is Piper Green and the Fairy Tree.
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Average rating: 3.92 · 20,039 ratings · 3,208 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Humming Room: A Novel Inspired by the Secret Garden 3.83 avg rating — 4,728 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slob 3.77 avg rating — 4,043 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kneebone Boy 3.94 avg rating — 3,348 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pish Posh 3.84 avg rating — 1,270 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olivia Kidney (Spanish) 3.88 avg rating — 1,036 ratings — published 2003 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piper Green and the Fairy Tree (Piper Green, #1) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrations) 4.07 avg rating — 832 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Foot and Little Foot (Big Foot and Little Foot #1) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Felicita Sala 3.97 avg rating — 822 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy 4.03 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 2005 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City 3.94 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Too Much Good Luck (Piper Green, #2) by Ellen Potter (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Olivia Kidney (3 books)
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Piper Green and the Fairy Tree (5 books)
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Qin Leng (Illustrations)

4.10 avg rating — 1,499 ratings

Big Foot and Little Foot (5 books)
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4.04 avg rating — 1,423 ratings

Otis Dooda (2 books)
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David Heatley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations)

3.69 avg rating — 179 ratings

Hither & Nigh (2 books)
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3.87 avg rating — 156 ratings

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“All great adventures have moments that are really crap.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

tags: adventure

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“Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy

tags: adventure

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“...when you start to feel like you are better than someone else, you should probably stick your head in a toilet because at that moment your thoughts are crap.”
― Ellen Potter

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The Newbery awards are just around the corner. Before they are announced let's choose which book we would give the award to.

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

30 votes 28.6%

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

20 votes 19.0%

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

8 votes 7.6%

Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

6 votes 5.7%

Wonder (write-in)

5 votes 4.8%

Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

4 votes 3.8%

Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin

4 votes 3.8%

Splendors & Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

4 votes 3.8%

Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker

3 votes 2.9%

The Mighty Miss Malone (write-in)

2 votes 1.9%

Bomb (write-in)

2 votes 1.9%

The Lions of Little Rock

2 votes 1.9%

Twelve Kinds of Ice

2 votes 1.9%

The One and Only Ivan (write-in)

2 votes 1.9%

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (write-in)

2 votes 1.9%

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

1 vote 1.0%

The mighty miss Malone (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13... (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

wonder (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

Splendor and Glooms (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

Three Times Lucky (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

Foster Fox A 10,000 Lakes Tale by William D. Writer

(write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

alphabet living (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

Splendors and GLooms (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

The Humming Room by Ellen Potter

0 votes 0.0%

The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech

0 votes 0.0%

Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship by Russell Freedman

0 votes 0.0%

the one and only Ivan

0 votes 0.0%

Foster Fox, A 10,000 Lakes Tale (write-in)

0 votes 0.0%

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