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Catherine Matthias

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I was an outdoor child - biking, swimming, endless nights of tag, hide-and-seek, and touch football. My book reading occurred at night, snuggled in bed, the light on past midnight, telling myself the lie, “Just one more chapter.”

My love of picture books became deep and enduring in my early twenties, when I taught in a preschool (though teaching toddlers is more like being a Maypole, something they can dash around and occasionally hold onto).

Half my lifetime ago, six of my books were published by Children’s Press, now an imprint of Scholastic. Four titles were part of their Rookie Reader series: Too Many Balloons, I Love Cats, Over-Under, and Out the Door. Two nonfiction titles: I Can Be a Police Officer and I Can Be a Computer Operator wer ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 98 ratings · 16 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Too Many Balloons by Catherine Matthias (Goodreads Author), Gene Sharp (illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1982 — 11 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
	I Love Cats 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1983 — 8 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
	Out the Door by Catherine Matthias (Goodreads Author), Eileen Mueller Neill (Illustrator) 3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1982 — 6 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
	Over-Under by Catherine Matthias (Goodreads Author), Gene Sharp (Illustrator), Robert L. Hillerich (Preparer) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1984 — 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
	The Word Gobblers: A Handbook for Parents Working with Children Struggling to Read 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	A Rookie Reader: Purple Is Part of a Rainbow, Too Many Balloons, I Love Cats: Level B, Grades K-1 by Catherine Matthias (Goodreads Author), Carolyn Kowalczyk, Gene Sharp (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	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
	I Can Be a Police Officer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984 — 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
	I Can Be a Computer Operator really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985 — 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

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Catherine Matthias and 7 other people liked Casey Ellis's review of The Stalker: "THE WORKS OF CAROL ELLIS, 1945-2022 GENERAL INTRODUCTION My mother, Carol Ellis, passed away on November 5th, 2022. While she'd been retired for some time, she spent years making her living as an author for children and young adults. When I was a kid, " Read more of this review »
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Wonderfully honest. The story of a girl who grows into a woman in the wilds of the Hells Canyon and Eagle Cap Wilderness area of eastern Oregon. It's a heart stopping adventure and a beautiful love story - the love of nature's remote and often harsh ...more
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If you love historical fiction, you'd have to love this book. Intricate and intriguing, it held me from first word to last. Who knew 12th century England could be so fascinating... and dangerous. ...more
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