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Ruth E. Harper

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The United Kingdom

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http://www.rutheharper.com

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Children's

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Ruth is the illustrator of The Kissing Hand, Sassafras, Happy Mamas, and Otters, Snails and Tadpole Tails. She’s currently working on two books for Charlesbridge Publishing. She’s an English artist and writer-in-the-making.

Powered by dark chocolate, she heartily knits stories together with letters, pencils and paintbrushes. She is often snatched up by breezes and colors and pint-sized things – rocks, leaves, shells, bugs, feathers, and creatures. You may also find her gardening, hiking, wildly dancing, and riding her bike really fast in an odd looking helmet.

She breathes easy in the roly-poly hills of western Iowa with an adorable husband, six marvelous kids between them (with 10 grand-babies!) and a very needy cat.

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Average rating: 4.44 · 72,894 ratings · 2,268 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (Goodreads Author), Ruth E. Harper (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Nancy M. Leak (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 72,829 ratings — published 1993 — 77 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
	Where Do Ocean Creatures Sleep at Night? by Steven J. Simmons, Ruth E. Harper (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Clifford R. Simmons 4.47 avg rating — 70 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
	Sassafras by Audrey Penn (Goodreads Author), Ruth E. Harper (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1995 — 9 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
	Where Do Creatures Sleep at Night? by Steven J. Simmons, Ruth E. Harper (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Mamis Felices by Kathleen T. Pelley (Goodreads Author), Ruth E. Harper (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Gloria Garcia Diaz (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Otters, Snails and Tadpole Tails by Eric Ode, Ruth E. Harper (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Where Do Big Creatures Sleep at Night? by Steven J. Simmons, Clifford R. Simmons, Ruth E. Harper (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — 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 Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (Goodreads Author), Ruth E. Harper (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Nancy M. Leak (Illustrator) 3.40 avg rating — 5 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
	Family and Home by Harriet Ziefert, David McPhail, Audrey Penn (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	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 Kissing Hand Series Bindup by Audrey Penn (Goodreads Author), Nancy M. Leak (Illustrator), Barbara L. Gibson (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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