Happy 80th, Elizabeth F. Howard! (2001 Coretta Scott King ..

She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

She is a member of Beta Phi Mu and the 1984 Caldecott committee.

http://www.elizabethfitzgeraldhoward.com/
(includes photo and a few covers)

http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=895&column_type=author
("Family Stories with Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard" - a LOT of
information)

http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/f_elizabethhoward.html
(brief bio and more book descriptions)

http://www.epinions.com/Books/search_string_~elizabeth%20howard/adv_search_~1
(reviews of "Aunt Flossie's Hats" and "Flower Girl Butterflies")

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=%22elizabeth+fitzgerald+howard...&um=1&i
(photos & covers)

In "Contemporary Authors":

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard once commented about the source for her
stories for children: "It was inevitable that I would think back to my
own childhood when I began to write stories for children. My sister
Babs and I really did take The Train to Lulu's. This book was my first
effort to try to capture for today's young readers some of the unique
and yet universal experiences of children in one mid-century African-
American family. Chita's Christmas Tree tells of old-time Christmas as
celebrated in my father's family. Chita, my father's first
cousin, . . . was the daughter of one of Baltimore's first African-
American doctors. This is a glimpse of a little-known facet of African-
American life. Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) celebrates
my mother's sister, Aunt Flossie. A teacher in Baltimore schools, she
lived to be almost 101, staying in the same house for sixty-five years
and never throwing anything away. There are more stories about Aunt
Flossie. And there are stories to be told about my father's father,
and his five brothers, who came to Baltimore from Tennessee, and
practiced law, medicine, pharmacy, and real estate. And great-
grandfather John Henry Smith and his dry dock at Baltimore Harbor. And
my mother's uncle Jimmy who owned a grocery store with--to quote Aunt
Flossie--'fine terrapins and the best peaches anywhere.' I still hope
to write about my sister and me growing up in Mrs. Ella Ford's rooming
house, our quarters in the attic, and sharing the one bathroom with
the several black graduate students on the second floor.........

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:


America as Story: Historical Fiction for Secondary Schools, American
Library Association, 1988, 2nd edition (with Rosemary Coffey), 1997.
The Train to Lulu's, illustrated by Robert Casilla, Bradbury, 1988.
Chita's Christmas Tree, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, Bradbury, 1989.


Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later), illustrated by James
Ransome, Clarion, 1991, 10th anniversary edition, 2001.
Mac and Marie and the Train Toss Surprise, illustrated by Gail Gordon
Carter, Four Winds, 1993.
Papa Tells Chita a Story, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, Four Winds,
1995.
What's in Aunt Mary's Room?, illustrated by Cedric Lucas, Clarion,
1996.
When Will Sarah Come?, illustrated by Nina Crews, Greenwillow, 1999.


Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys, illustrated by E. B. Lewis, Simon
& Schuster, 2000.
Lulu's Birthday, illustrated by Pat Cummings, Greenwillow, 2001.
Flower Girl Butterflies, pictures by Christiane Kromer, Greenwillow
Books (New York, NY), 2004.


Lenona.