Linda Bailey, author portrait
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Linda Bailey

LINDA BAILEY has written nearly forty books for children, including The Three Little Mittens, Carson Crosses Canada, Princesses Versus Dinosaurs and If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and have won multiple awards such as the Ontario Blue Spruce and Silver Birch Awards, the California Young Reader Medal, the Georgia Children's Picturebook Award and the UK School Library Association Information Book Award. Linda has been honored for her exceptional body of work in children’s literature with the Vicky Metcalf Award. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Lena the Chicken (But Really a Dinosaur!)
If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover
The Three Little Mittens
Princesses Versus Dinosaurs
Cinderella--with Dogs!
Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock
Carson Crosses Canada
Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein
Under-the-Bed Fred
Seven Dead Pirates
When Santa Was a Baby

Books

Lena the Chicken (But Really a Dinosaur!)
If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover
The Three Little Mittens
Princesses Versus Dinosaurs
Cinderella--with Dogs!
Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock
Carson Crosses Canada
Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein
Under-the-Bed Fred
Seven Dead Pirates
When Santa Was a Baby

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