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Ellen Howard

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Children sometimes ask, "Do you write about your own life?" I have to answer that I do not. The reason is simple: My own life is boring. Yet I would not trade it for anyone else's.

I grew up in a large and loving family--parents, grandparents, and three children all under the same roof, a big white house in Portland, Oregon. At school, I was able, but not brilliant. I liked to draw. I liked to play pretend. I liked dolls, too, right through eighth grade, and only fear of what others would say made me give them up then.

Most of all, I loved to read! And I dreamed of a time when, a grown-up married lady with thirteen children, I would write books.

But childhood dreams have a way of getting lost. It was not until I was in my mid-thirties, after m...more

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Books by Ellen Howard

Average rating: 3.90 · 1,406 ratings · 136 reviews · 23 distinct works

	The Crimson Cap 3.51 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Gate In The Wall 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Log Cabin Quilt 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Her Own Song 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Gillyflower 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Log Cabin Church 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Edith Herself by Ellen Howard, Ronald Hinter (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Log Cabin Wedding 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	When Daylight Comes 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1985	My rating:
	Murphy And Kate 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating: