Juanita Havill Explained

Juanita Havill (born May 11, 1949) is an American children's picture book author best known for the Jamaica books.^[1] She has also written a young adult novel, Eyes Like Willy's.^[2] She was born in Evansville, Indiana and raised in Mount Carmel, Illinois. She is currently living in Arizona with her husband Pierre.^{[3] [4]} She is the sister of Denis Havel, author of Feldpost, which she edited.^[5]

Bibliography

• I Heard It from Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden (2006)
• Eyes Like Willy's (2004)
• Jamaica's Blue Marker (2003)
• Brianna, Jamaica, and the Dance of Spring (2002)
• Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher (2001)
• Jamaica's Find (1998), Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award (1987)^[6]
• Jamaica and Brianna (1996)
• Jennifer, Too (1995)
• Saving Owen's Toad (1994)
• Kentucky Troll (1993)
• Leona and Ike (1992)
• The Magic Fort (1991)
• It Always Happens to Leona (1989)
• You Always in My Mind Like Always

External links

• Interview with Juanita Havill, All About Kids! TV Series #9 (1988)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Houghton Mifflin Reading: Meet Juanita Havill. www.eduplace.com. 2019-05-19.
2. Web site: Juanita Havill . 25 March 2010 . WorldCat.org .
3. Web site: A Conversation with Juanita Havill. www.underdown.org. 2019-05-19.
4. Web site: Welcome to Authors Road: Juanita Havill: Children's, Middle Grade, Poetry. www.authorsroad.com. 2019-05-19.
5. https://whitneystewart.com/books/feldpost-the-war-letters-of-freidrich-reiner-niemann/
6. Web site: Juanita Havill, Faculty. 2012-05-16. Workshops for Children's Authors & Illustrators Highlights Foundation. en-US. 2019-05-19.