Lloyd Alexander, author portrait

Lloyd Alexander

Born on January 30, 1924, in Philadelphia, storyteller Lloyd Alexander spent his childhood filling his imagination with fantasies about other lands and eras. For ten years of his writing career, Alexander wrote for adults, then changed gears and wrote fiction for young people. Alexander has received a Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor Award, a National Book Award, and several IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Awards. He is also the author of many ALA Notable Children’s Books and School Library Journal Best Books of the Year.
The Foundling
The Chronicles of Prydain, Books 1 & 2
The Arkadians
The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man
The Prydain Chronicles Book Five: The High King
The Prydain Chronicles Book Four: Taran Wanderer
The Prydain Chronicles Book Three: The Castle of Llyr
The Prydain Chronicles Book One: The Book of Three
The Prydain Chronicles Book Two: The Black Cauldron
The Kestrel
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Books

The Foundling
The Chronicles of Prydain, Books 1 & 2
The Arkadians
The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man
The Prydain Chronicles Book Five: The High King
The Prydain Chronicles Book Four: Taran Wanderer
The Prydain Chronicles Book Three: The Castle of Llyr
The Prydain Chronicles Book One: The Book of Three
The Prydain Chronicles Book Two: The Black Cauldron
The Kestrel
Westmark

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