Celia Barker Lottridge
Celia Barker Lottridge is an award-winning Canadian children's writer.
Lottridge was born in Iowa City, Iowa. She received a BA in modern European history from Stanford University, a MLS from Columbia University and a BEd from the University of Toronto. Lottridge worked as a librarian in San Diego, New York City and Rhode Island. She was a teacher and librarian for the Toronto School Board. From 1977 to 1990, she was a book buyer for a children's book store in Toronto.Books
- Gerasim and the Lion, illustrated by Joanne Page
- The Juggler, Lottridge and Ariadna Ochrymovych
- Prairie Dogs, Lottridge and Susan Horner; bound with Bighorn Sheep by Bill Ivy; reprinted 1999, Grolier
- Mice, Lottridge and Horner
- One Watermelon Seed), illus. Karen Patkau, picture book
- The Name of the Tree: a Bantu Tale, illus. Ian Wallace,, reteller; U.S. edition 1990, Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Ten Small Tales, illus. Joanne Fitzgerald, reteller; reprinted 2005, Groundwood
- The American Children's Treasury, editor
- Ticket to Curlew, illus. Wendy Wolsak-Frith, novel; published 1996 as Ticket to Canada, Silver Burdett; received the Geoffrey Bilson Award and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award
- Something Might Be Hiding, illus. Paul Zwolak,, picture book
- Music for the Tsar of the Sea: a Russian Wonder Tale, illus. Harvey Chan, reteller
- The Wind Wagon, illus. Daniel Clifford, novel
- Letters to the Wind: Classic Stories and Poems for Children, compiler; published 2001 as American Stories and Poems for Children
- Wings to Fly, illus. Mary Jane Gerber, novel
- Bounce Me, Tickle Me, Hug Me: Lap Rhymes and Play Rhymes from around the World, compiled by Sandra Carpenter-Davis, adaptor
- The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button: a Hungarian Folktale, illus. Joanne Fitzgerald, reteller; received Mr. Christie's Book Award
- Berta, a Remarkable Dog, illus. Elsa Myotte, novel
- Stories from the Life of Jesus: Stories from the Bible, illus. Linda Wolfsgruber, reteller
- Stories from Adam to Ezekiel; Retold from the Bible, illus. Gary Clement, reteller
