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Barbara Greenwood

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born

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

website

http://www.barbaragreenwood.com/

genre

Children's Books, Historical Fiction, History

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Inspired by her own early fascination with historical tales, author Barbara Greenwood specializes in writing historical fiction and biographies for children and young people. When she was young she couldn't find novels about Canada's past. Now she immerses herself in the subject: reading old diaries, journals, and letters, visiting museums, doing in-depth research at libraries, visiting the areas where her books are set. The information gleaned from her research becomes grist for the background details and settings of novels which emphasize character development and the human side of history. The stories she creates are those she would have liked to read at age ten or twelve or fourteen. The reams of research "left-over" from her first two...more

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Books by Barbara Greenwood

Average rating: 3.85 · 250 ratings · 53 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Factory Girl 3.86 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad 3.95 avg rating — 41 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840 by Barbara Greenwood, Heather Collins (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 45 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Question of Loyalty 3.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841 by Barbara Greenwood, Heather Collins (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Pioneer Christmas: Celebrating in the Backwoods in 1841 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Gold Rush Fever: A Story of the Klondike, 1898 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Pioneer Crafts 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables Series #1) by L.M. Montgomery, Barbara Greenwood, Muriel Wood (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 154,827 ratings — published 1908 — 486 editions	My rating:
	Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood, Heather Collins (Illustrator) 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating: