Ellen Howard

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books
  • First Book:
    July 1986
  • Latest Book:
    November 2009
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Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Gilly's Secret

  • Gillyflower

  • Sister

  • Her Own Song

  • The Cellar

  • The Log Cabin Quilt

    Although Mam has passed on and has been buried in Carolina, the Elvirey children do not want to forget her, so one winter night in their new cabin in Michigan, Granny sews together pieces of Mam's quilting scraps in memory of her....

  • Log Cabin Christmas

    Overcoming the doubts of her father, grandmother, and siblings, Elvirey enlivens their home with pine, pie, and singing, proving that her mother, although gone, has left her most valuable gift: her spirit....

  • The Log Cabin Church

  • Log Cabin Wedding

    It's been some time since her mam passed away, but Elvirey misses her more than ever during the first harvest without her. So when Pap forms a friendship and an arrangement with the widow AikenĀ -- the family helps her with her harvesting duties, whi...



  • The Big Seed

    Tiny Bess is in for a surprise when she chooses the biggest seed she can find for her garden in this colorful and inspiring picture book by Ellen Howard. ​Bess is the smallest child in all of her classroom. So when it comes time to choose seed...

  • Murphy and Kate

    A touching and sensitive look at coping with grief and loss tells of Kate and her beloved dog Murphy, who grow up together, and poignantly evokes Kate's sadness at Murphy's death, reminding youngsters how life continues....

  • Different Kind of Courage

    Fearing for their safety, Zina, Bertrand, and their families must leave the south of France before the Germans arrive, setting off to find an American woman, Martha Sharp, who will be able to help them reach the U.S....

  • Edith Herself

    Orphaned by her mother's death, Edith goes to live with her older sister and her dour husband in their stern Christian farming household, where the strain of adjusting seems to aggravate her epileptic seizures....

  • The Gate In The Wall

    Late by only a minute, ten-year-old Emma has been locked out of the mill where she works ten hours a day at the silk-spinning machines. Her pay will be docked; she is sure to be beaten by her brother-in-law, Ben, when she gets home; and none of it is...

  • The Crimson Cap

    In 1684, wearing his father's faded cap, Pierre Talon joins explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier on an ill-fated expedition to seek the Mississippi River, but after the expedition falls apart Pierre, deathly ill, is taken in by Hasinai Indians....

Award-Winning Books by Ellen Howard

Her Own Song
1989 PEN Literary Award -- Children/Young Adult


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ellen Howard has published 15 books.

Ellen Howard does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Crimson Cap, was published in November 2009.

The first book by Ellen Howard, Gilly's Secret, was published in July 1986.

No. Ellen Howard does not write books in series.
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