Talk:Elvira Woodruff

Birthplace
Among other things I added External link where Woodruff gives birthplace Raritan, New Jersey. Our only formal source ref name=PAbook gives Somerville, New Jersey.

These are neighboring boroughs in Somerset County. I changed the text to Raritan and used that in Persondata but put her in both "People from" categories.

--P64 (talk) 02:59, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

bvgvghvgfvgcg* 1851, Dear Levi Overland Trail (PA to Oregon territory) Evidently George Washington's Spy is another with 1770s setting, not among her WorldCat Top 20.
 * 1853, Dear Austin Underground Railroad (in PA)
 * 1900s, Memory Coat (Russia to Ellis Island)
 * 1908 time-travel, Orphan of Ellis Island (Italy to E.I.)

Time Travelers. Is that a series name for the two George Washington's? As a description, it also fits at least Orphan. Pennsylvania gives subtitle "A Time Travel Adventure" for both Orphan and the second G.W. Is the first G.W. not subtitled?

Dear Levi. Is that a series name? Dear Napoleon may be all contemporary, based on the library summary. Does it belong in series? Pennsylvania Center for the Book says "She also explores the epistolary format with a two-part series about brothers Levi and Austin."

These three listings now include template links to my WorldCat sources for publishers, publ dates (Napoleon corrected), and illustrators. Pennsylvania identifies Noah and Jess Woodruff as her sons.

Also from Pennsylvania:
 * Dear Napoleon readers meet Napoleon Bonaparte
 * Disappearing Bike Shop readers meet Leonardo da Vinci

ISFDB: tags The Disappearing Bike Shop "young-adult fantasy" in contrast to "young-adult time-travel fantasy". (Not a source for vital data as it relies on Pennsylvania, above.)

--P64 (talk) 19:18, 15 June 2014 (UTC)


 * 1) Per above I relocated Dear Napoleon down under bold heading Other.
 * 2) I added a convenient point of entry to LC Catalog but didn't examine any of its 24 book records.
 * 3) (quote) "By 1999, she had written twenty childrens' books.[5]" --We now list precisely 20 with 1900s publication dates.
 * 4) Emily's magic hollyhocks; Mrs. McClosky's monkeys
 * LC Authorities added Woodruff herself (assigned her LCCN) in 1987, perhaps re advance notice of "her Emily and the magic hollyhocks, 1988". We don't list that work, nor does LCCat, and it misfits the Pennsylvania account of her first published book, perhaps also her first sale. Evidently it was published.
 * 1988, LCSH "Gardening Fiction", some WorldCat library
 * 1991, illus. Jill Kastner, Publisher's Weekly review; same ISBN that library gives for 1988; review content doesn't fit this title, evidently fits Mrs. McClosky's Monkeys, her first sale per Pennsylvania.
 * ? whatever this is, gives the M.M.M. title with same ISBN
 * 1991, BookDepository.com --gives Emily description that differs radically and plausibly fits the M.M.M. title:
 * Full description for Emily and the Magic Hollyhocks
 * When Mrs. McClosky's three rambunctious boys wake up one day and find they have turned into monkeys, Mrs. McClosky takes them to live at the zoo where they are a big hit.
 * --P64 (talk) 20:07, 15 June 2014 (UTC)