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M (Mary) Sarah Klise

Born: 1962 in Peoria, Illinois
Pen Name: Sarah Klise

Connection to Illinois: Born and raised in Peoria, Sarah now lives in California.

Biography: M. (Mary) Klise has illustrated several humerous children's literature titles in collaboration with her sister, Catherine 'Kate' Klise. Their Regarding series is presented in a scrapbook style format, with letters, journal entries, and related ephemera telling the story. The third of six children born to educational film producer Thomas and Marjorie Klise. Raised in Peoria, Illinois, she attended Marquette University.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Children; Young adult readers

Email: msklise@pacbell.net
Website: http://www.kateandsarahklise.com/
M (Mary) Sarah Klise on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=m+%28mary%29+sarah+klise


Selected Titles

Dying to meet you /
ISBN: 0547398484 OCLC: 165081738

Harcourt, Boston : 2009.

In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author I.B. Grumply gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.

Grounded /
ISBN: 0312570392 OCLC: 606785316

Feiwel and Friends, New York : 2010.

After her father, brother, and sister are killed in a plane crash, twelve-year-old Daralynn's life in tiny Digginsville, Missouri, continues as her mother turns angry and embittered, her grandmother becomes senile, and her flamboyant aunt continues to run the Summer Sunset Retirement Home for Distinguished Gentlemen, while being courted by the owner of the town's new crematorium.

Letters from camp /
ISBN: 0380793482 OCLC: 40534062

Avon Books, New York : ©1999.

Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to suspect the intentions of the singing family running the camp.

Over my dead body /
ISBN: 015205734X OCLC: 299713116

Harcourt, Boston : 2009.

In this story told mostly through letters, busybody Dick Tater tries to ban Halloween and ghost stories, as well as to break up the popular writing team of I.B. Grumply, ghost Olive C. Spence, and eleven-year-old illustrator Seymour Hope.

Regarding the bathrooms :
ISBN: 0152051643 OCLC: 61151353

Harcourt, Orlando, Fla. : ©2006.

In this novel told through letters, newspaper articles, and police reports, a middle school principal's bathroom renovation project leads to the discovery of stolen Roman antiquities.

Regarding the bees :
ISBN: 0152066683 OCLC: 318065913

Sandpiper, New York : ©2007.

The seventh graders at Geyser Creek Middle School are preparing for a spelling bee and a horrible standardized test called the BEE, and try to smuggle their mascot--a bee that spells--into the local spelling competition.

Regarding the fountain :
ISBN: 0380793474 OCLC: 37277459

When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.

Regarding the sink :
ISBN: 0152055444 OCLC: 54501104

Gulliver Books/Harcourt, Orlando [Fla.] : ©2004.

A series of letters reveals the selection of the famous fountain designer, Florence Waters, to design a new sink for the Geyser Creek Middle School cafeteria, her subsequent disappearance, and the efforts of a class of sixth-graders to find her.

Regarding the trees :
ISBN: 0152060901 OCLC: 57283649

Harcourt Inc., Orlando, Fla. : ©2005.

In this story told primarily through letters, Principal Russ wants the middle school trees to be trimmed before his administrative evaluation, but the project is interrupted by a town gender war, dueling chefs, student tree protests, and a surprise wedding.

Shall I knit you a hat? :
ISBN: 031237139X OCLC: 54035396

When Mother Rabbit knits a warm winter hat for Little Rabbit, he likes it so much that he suggests they make hats for all of their friends as Christmas gifts.

 

 

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