Mary E Lyons

25 books • 3 series

Mary E. Lyons is the author of many books for children and young adults, including Roy Makes a Car, Feed the Children First, Dear Ellen Bee, Letters from a Slave Girl, and Sorrow’s Kitchen. She has received the Golden Kite Award and a Horn Book Fanfare for Letters from a Slave Girl, a 2005 Aesop Award for Roy Makes a Car, and a Carter G. Woodson Award for Sorrow’s Kitchen. A teacher and former librarian, she lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. You can learn more about her at LyonsDenBooks.com.
Mar 30, 2020
Cover of Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad

Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad

Oct 19, 2015
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The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad

Oct 14, 2014
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The Butter Tree

Feb 25, 2014
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The Blue Ridge Tunnel

Apr 4, 2013
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Student Study Guide to The Ancient American World (The World in Ancient Times)

Jan 1, 2009
Cover of Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs

Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs

Jan 1, 2007
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Letters from a Slave Boy

Jan 1, 2007
Cover of Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs

Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs

Jan 1, 2006
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Teaching Guide to the Ancient American World

Sep 22, 2005
Cover of The Ancient American World

The Ancient American World (The World in Ancient Times)

Jan 1, 2005
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Roy Makes a Car

Aug 27, 2001
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Knockabeg

Aug 1, 1999
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Poison Place the

Sep 28, 1998
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Talking with Teb E

Oct 1, 1997
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The Poison Place

Aug 25, 1997
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Catching the Fire

May 1, 1996
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Painting Dreams

May 15, 1995
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Keeping Secrets

Oct 31, 1994
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Master of Mahogany (African-American artists & artisans)

Sep 1, 1994
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Deep Blues

Oct 31, 1993
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Stitching Stars (African-American artists & artisans)

Oct 2, 1993
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Starting Home (African-American artists & artisans)

Oct 31, 1992
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Letters From a Slave Girl

Oct 1, 1991
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Raw Head, Bloody Bones