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Barbara Robinson

Born

in Portsmouth, Ohio, The United States

October 24, 1927

Died

July 09, 2013

Website

http://usawrites4kids.drury.edu/authors/robinson/

Genre

Children's Books

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I grew up in a southern Ohio river town -- Portsmouth -- and that small town atmosphere has affected most of my writing.
My mother, widowed when I was three years old, taught school for forty-nine years in that same small town, and her major (indeed, only) extravagance was books. I grew up with, and quickly adopted, the notion that reading was the only way to fill up every scrap of loose time you could snatch.

I had the benefit, as well, of a wide variety of aunts and uncles and cousins, plus the extended family so common to small town life -- the neighbors, friends, teachers, bus drivers, mailmen, local heroes and local neâer-do-wells, and even a local blacksmith...great stuff to feed the imagination.

I began writing very early -- poems, pl ...more

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Barbara Robinson’s books

Average rating: 4.18 · 65,984 ratings · 5,457 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 58,703 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 4,446 ratings — published 1994 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Halloween Ever (The Herdmans, #3) 3.69 avg rating — 2,489 ratings — published 2004 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Brother Louis Measures Worms: And Other Louis Stories 3.82 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever/The Best School Year Ever 4.27 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Barbara Robinson Treasury Ever 4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Barbara Robinson CD Audio Collection Ever by Barbara Robinson, Elaine Stritch (Reader) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Temporary Times, Temporary Places 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best School Year Ever/Harriet the Spy/Keep Ms. Sugarman in the 4th Grade/Freaky Friday/Our.... 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Environmental Education: A Manual for Elementary Educators by Barbara Robinson, Evelyn Wolfson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Herdmans (3 books)
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“I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus.”
― Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

tags: jesus

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“They looked like the people you see on the six o’clock news—refugees, sent to wait in some strange ugly place, with all their boxes and sacks around them. It suddenly occurred to me that this was just the way it must have been for the real Holy Family, stuck away in a barn by people who didn’t much care what happened to them. They couldn’t have been very neat and tidy either, but more like this Mary and Joseph”
― Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

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“The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lied and stole and smoked cigars (even the girls) and talked dirty and hit little kids and cussed their teachers and took the name of the Lord in vain and set fire to Fred Shoemaker’s old broken-down toolhouse.”
― Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

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It is time for the Annual Holiday Group Read. Any religion was acceptable as it may open our eyes to what others believe or not believe and also provides us an opportunity for acceptance of others. Please choose one of the following to read with us for our 12- yo book. Voting ends of Friday!!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

1 vote 50.0%

The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling

1 vote 50.0%

Candlelight for Rebecca by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

0 votes 0.0%

2 total votes

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