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  • Happy 80th, Barbara Dana! (Young Joan, 1991)

    From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 28 10:59:48 2020
    You can read synopses of her YA novels by pulling down the book menu at her site and clicking on individual titles.

    https://www.barbaradana.com/fatso---his-friends.html
    (a sample of what she wrote at age 8)

    https://www.kirkusreviews.com/search/books/?q=barbara%20dana&sf=t
    (three Kirkus reviews)

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 28 10:52:48 2020
    A playwright, she lives in South Salem, New York. She writes for children, teens and adults.

    She has 34 acting credits, including five early episodes of "Sesame Street," and was married for 35 years to the actor Alan Arkin, who was also in those episodes.

    https://www.barbaradana.com
    (her site)

    https://www.barbaradana.com/kids-only.html
    (covers and synopses of her children's books)

    https://www.barbaradana.com/young-adult.html
    (four YA book covers - two books are about Joan of Arc and Emily Dickinson)

    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/280779.Barbara_Dana
    (reader reviews)

    http://primarystagesoffcenter.org/interviews/a-e/barbara-dana
    (includes very long interview video)

    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199048/
    (filmography)



    Lenona.

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 28 11:28:56 2020
    https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Larry_and_Phyllis
    (about her "Sesame Street" episodes)

    https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/dana-barbara-1940
    (about her film career)

    https://www.fictiondb.com/author/barbara-dana~43534.htm
    (four book descriptions)

    WORKS:

    Spencer and His Friends, 1966
    Rutger and the Water-Snouts, 1969
    Crazy Eights, 1978
    Zucchini, 1982
    Necessary Parties, 1986
    Young Joan, 1991
    Zucchini Out West, 1997
    Wider Than the Sky, 2007
    A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson, 2009

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