Ann Turner (writer)

Ann Warren Turner (born December 10, 1945) is an American poet and children's author.

Poetry

 * Tickle a Pickle illustrated by Karen Ann Weinhaus (Macmillan, 1986)
 * Street Talk illustrated by Catherine Stock (Houghton Mifflin, 1986)
 * Grass Songs illustrated by Barry Moser (Harcourt, 1993)
 * A Moon for Seasons illustrated by Robert Noreika (Macmillan, 1994)
 * The Christmas House illustrated by Nancy Edwards Calder (HarperCollins, 1994)
 * Mississippi Mud illustrated by Robert J. Blake (HarperCollins, 1997)
 * A Lion's Hunger illustrated by Maria Jimenez (Marshall Cavendish, 1998)
 * Learning to Swim: a Memoir (Scholastic, 2000)

Picture books

 * Dakota Dugout illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1985)
 * Time of the Bison illustrated by Beth Peck (Macmillan, 1987)
 * Nettie's Trip South illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1987)
 * Hedgehog for Breakfast illustrated by Lisa McCue (Macmillan, 1989)
 * Heron Street illustrated by Lisa Desimini (Harper & Row, 1989)
 * Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies illustrated by James Hale (Harper & Row, 1990)
 * Stars for Sarah illustrated by Mary Teichman (HarperCollins, 1991)
 * Katie's Trunk illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1992)
 * Rainflowers illustrated by Robert J. Blake (HarperCollins, 1992)
 * Apple Valley Year illustrated by Sandi Wickersham Resnick (Macmillan, 1993)
 * Sewing Quilts illustrated by Thomas B. Allen (Macmillan, 1994)
 * Shaker Hearts illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 1997)
 * Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War illustrated by Mark Hess (HarperCollins, 1998)
 * Let's Be Animals illustrated by Richard E. Brown (HarperFestival, 1998)
 * Angel Hide and Seek illustrated by Lois Ehlert (HarperCollins, 1998)
 * Red Flower Goes West illustrated by Dennis Nolan (Hyperion, 1999)
 * Secrets from the Dollhouse illustrated by Raúl Colón (HarperCollins, 2000)
 * In the Heart illustrated by Sally Mavor (HarperCollins, 2001)
 * Abe Lincoln Remembers illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 2001)
 * When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia: What I Learned of Freedom, 1776 illustrated by Mark Hess (HarperCollins, 2003)
 * Pumpkin Cat illustrated by Amy June Bates (Hyperion, 2004)
 * Sitting Bull Remembers illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 2007)

Novels

 * A Hunter Comes Home (Crown, 1980)
 * The Way Home (Crown, 1982)
 * Third Girl from the Left (Macmillan, 1986)
 * Grasshopper Summer (Macmillan, 1989)
 * Rosemary's Witch (HarperCollins, 1991)
 * Dust for Dinner illustrated by Robert Barrett (HarperCollins, 1995)
 * One Brave Summer (HarperCollins, 1995)
 * Elfsong (Harcourt, 1995)
 * Finding Walter (Harcourt, 1997)
 * The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (Scholastic, 1999)
 * Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (Scholastic, 2003)
 * Maïa of Thebes: 1463 B.C. (Scholastic, 2005)
 * Hard Hit (Scholastic, 2006)
 * Father of Lies (HarperTeen, 2011)

Awards

 * 1967: first prize, The Atlantic Monthly college creative writing contest
 * 1991: first prize, National Council for the Social Studies, Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies