Jean L.S. Patrick
Published Works

(from oldest to most recent)
 

The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth
By Jean L.S. Patrick.
Illustrated by Jeni Reeves.
Lerner Publishing/Carolrhoda Press, 2000. 48 pp.

   American Booksellers Association - Kids' Pick of the List - 2000
   Bank Street College of Education - Best Children's Books of the Year - 2000
   Storytelling World Award - Honors - Stories for Adolescent Listeners - 2000
   South Dakota Reading Council - Laura Ingalls Wilder Author Award - 2001
 

If I Had a Snowplow
By Jean L.S. Patrick. 
Illustrated by Karen Dugan.
Boyds Mills Press, 2001. 32 pp.
 

Dolley Madison
By Jean L.S. Patrick. 
Illustrations by Tim Parlin.
Lerner Publishing, 2002. 48 pp.
 

Cows, Cats, and Kids: A Veterinarian's Family at Work
By Jean L.S. Patrick. 
Photographs by Alvis Upitis.
Boyds Mills Press, 2003. 48 pp.

   Junior Library Guild Selection - 2003
 

Who Carved the Mountain? The Story of Mount Rushmore
By Jean L.S. Patrick. 
Illustrated by Renee Graef.
Mount Rushmore History Association, 2005. 32 pp.

   Independent Book Publishers Association (IPPY) - Honorable Mention - 2006
   South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award Nominee - 2008-2009
 

La nina que poncho a Babe Ruth
Spanish edition of The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth.
Lerner Publishing, 2007.  48 pp.

 

Armchair Reader: The Amazing Book of History. Extraordinary Facts
and Stories.
 Contributing author.  Publications International, 2007.
 

The U.S. Civil War
By J.P. Allice.  (Pen name)
Publications International, 2007.
 

Stars and Planets
My First Time for Learning series
By J.P. Allice.  (Pen name)
Publications International, 2007.
 

Face to Face with Mount Rushmore
By Jean L.S. Patrick.
Illustrated by Patrick Faricy.
Designed by Amanda Summers.
Mount Rushmore History Association, 2008.
 

The Jumping-Off Place
By Marian Hurd McNeely. 
Afterword by Jean L.S. Patrick.
South Dakota State  Historical Society Press, 2008. 
Originally published by Longman's, 1929.  Newbery Honor Award 1930.

        Mom's Choice Award - 2008
 

NEW
Graphic novel adaptation of The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth
Lerner, 2011.
Note:  This adaptation is not my work.  

 

NEW
Saul to Paul: Sunday School Secret Adventures

By Jean Patrick (along with Maddie B., Janae G., Jordan J., Tanner J.,
   Mary K., Abbie R., Timothy S., and Selah S.)
Northridge Student Publications, 2011.
 

NEW
My First Book of States

By J.P. Allice.  (Pen name)
Publications International.  (Forthcoming in 2011)



Columns

Book Columnist
Weekly children's book column
The Daily Republic
Mitchell, South Dakota
1989-present


Collecting Columnist
Monthly articles about kids' collections 
Boys Quest.  Fun for Kidz.
Bluffton, Ohio
1995-2007


Book Columnist 
Bi-weekly children's book column
Kids Today

Gannett Company
Arlington, Virginia
1991-1996

 

Other

My writing has also appeared in Highlights for Children, Hopscotch, and in various anthologies.




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