![]() She also wrote The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, which was an annual Publishers Weekly Bestseller and was named a Best Book of the Decade by the American Library Association. ![]() Gloria Houston is the author of numerous books for children, including My Great-Aunt Arizona, illustrated by Susan Condie Lamb, which was a Smithsonian Treasure, a Family Channel's Best Book, an IRA Teachers' and Children's Choices book, and an NCTE Best Book, among other honors. Gloria Houston's Joyous recounting of her great-aunt Arizona's quiet yet meaningful life reminds us of the magical place a special teacher can hold in our hearts. Instead she became a teacher, helping generations of children in the one-room schoolhouse which she herself had attended. She grew into a tall girl who liked to sing, square-dance, and - most of all - read and dream of the faraway places she would visit one day.Īrizona never did make it to those places. ![]() ![]() Arizona was born in a log cabin her papa built. ![]()
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