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Sharon Lovejoy

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The United States

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female

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http://www.sharonlovejoy.com/

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Children's Books

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Sharon Lovejoy (Author/Illustrator, The Little Green Island with a Little Red House, Down East Books, 2005) Sharon Lovejoy is an award winning author and illustrator of 8 books with her latest Workman Publishing title to be released in January 2010. Her last book The Little Green Island with a Little Red House won the 2005 National Outdoor Book Award for children’s literature. Her first book Sunflower Houses, originally published in 1991, is in its 12th printing. In addition to her own books, she has contributed to seven others. Excerpts from her books have been distributed by The New York Times Syndicate throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has been a guest on numerous television and radio stations including Today on NBC, NPR, and PBS.

For t...more Sharon Lovejoy (Author/Illustrator, The Little Green Island with a Little Red House, Down East Books, 2005) Sharon Lovejoy is an award winning author and illustrator of 8 books with her latest Workman Publishing title to be released in January 2010. Her last book The Little Green Island with a Little Red House won the 2005 National Outdoor Book Award for children’s literature. Her first book Sunflower Houses, originally published in 1991, is in its 12th printing. In addition to her own books, she has contributed to seven others. Excerpts from her books have been distributed by The New York Times Syndicate throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has been a guest on numerous television and radio stations including Today on NBC, NPR, and PBS.

For the first seven years of her life, Sharon Lovejoy was introduced to the wonders of nature by her Quaker Grandmother Lovejoy, a botanist and an educator. As an adult, Sharon's passion for the natural world guided her to become a naturalist, a watercolor illustrator, and an award winning garden and nature writer.

As a graduate with Distinction in the Field of Art from San Diego State University, Sharon successfully combined her training in art with her love of botany and natural science. She worked as a docent naturalist for the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History and for the Smithsonian Institution in the lagoons of Baja, California. In 1982, she founded Heart's Ease Herb Shop & Gardens in Cambria, California, where she shared her love and knowledge of nature with visitors for the next 15 years.

As a recognized gardening expert, Sharon has lectured throughout the United States for over twenty years at conferences, educational symposia, museums, botanic gardens, arboreta, public and private educational institutions, and for professional trade associations and gardening organizations.

In 1995, Sharon served as President of the International Herb Association. Her other professional affiliations include Garden Writers Association, The Authors Guild, Inc., Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Maine Media Women, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and American Horticultural Society.
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Average rating: 4.26 · 578 ratings · 103 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors

	Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	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
	Sunflower Houses: Inspiration From the Garden--A Book for Children and Their Grown-Ups 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	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
	Trowel and Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies and Shortcuts for the Gardener 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2002	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
	Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars: A Grandma's Bag of Tricks 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2010	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
	Country Living Gardener A Blessing of Toads: A Gardener's Guide to Living with Nature 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007	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
	Hollyhock Days: Garden Adventures for the Young at Heart 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	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 Little Green Island with a Little Red House 4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005	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
	Blessing of Toads 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	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 First Bird Book and Bird Feeder 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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