Wendy K. Ulmer

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Wendy K. Ulmer, is an American, award winning writer of children's literature and young adult fiction. She has written six children's books and three fantasy books, lives in Arrowsic, Maine and self-publishes her own material, distributing them internationally through the name Wooly Moon Books.note

Early life and education

Ulmer was born on September 1, 1950[1] in Lebanon, Pennsylvania and grew up in Mount Gretna. She graduated from Lebanon Valley College with a Bachelor of Arts in music and earned a Master of Education in Creative Arts in Learning from Lesley University, located in Boston.[2][3]

Career

Ulmer was a high school music and english teacher in Maine for twenty two years before she became an author.[4]

She has been recognized for multiple awards including her third book, published in 2013, A Isn't for Fox: An Isn't Alphabet, which was the recipient of several recognition awards, including the 2009 Teacher’s Choice Awards for Children’s Books from Learning Magazine[5]. Ulmers forth book, published in 2014, My Twelve Maine Christmas Days (a take of the song The Twelve Days of Christmas), won the 2014 Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Spark Award.[6]

Awards and recognition

A Isn't for Fox: An Isn't Alphabet

  • 2009 Teacher’s Choice Awards for Children’s Books - Learning Magazine, Infobase Holdings[7]
  • 2009-2010 Children’s Choice List – K-2 Category - Delaware Diamonds[7]
  • 2009-2010 Keystone to Reading Book Award Shortlist - Keystone state literacy association[7]
  • 2010 Charlotte Award, Suggested Reading List, Primary Category - New York State Reading Association[7]
  • 2011-2012 Virginia Readers’ Choice List, Primary Category - Virginia Association of School Librarians[7]

My Twelve Maine Christmas Days

Bibliography

Main article: Wendy K. Ulmer bibliography

Books

# Image Title Year Illustrator Category Awards Ref
1
A Campfire for Cowboy Billy 1997 Kenneth J. Spengler Other books
[8]
2
Zero, Zilch, Nada: Counting to None 2010 Laura Knorr Picture books
[9]
3
A Isn't for Fox: An Isn't Alphabet 2013 Laura Knorr Picture books Yes
[10]
4
My Twelve Maine Christmas Days 2014 Sandy Crabtree Maine books Yes
[11]
5
One Green Tree, Ten Chickadees 2015 Sandy Crabtree Maine books
[12]
6
The Call 2017 Sandra Salsbury The Journals of Anterg
[13]
7
The Dragons 2018 Sandra Salsbury The Journals of Anterg
[14]
8
The Sword 2019 Sandra Salsbury The Journals of Anterg
[15]
9
The Marsh 2023 Sam Pines
[16]

Poems

# Title Date Magazine Publication Ref
1 Grandfather's Garden October 1994 Ladybug Carus Publishing Company
[17]
2 Quilt Music January 2021 Ladybug Cricket Media, Inc.
[18]

External sites

Notes

a.^ Two books written by Ulmer are published under Sleeping Bear Press

References

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.
  2. ↑ "About Wendy K. Ulmer". amazon.com. 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Something About the Author. Vol. 201. Gale; Cengage Learning. 2010. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4144-5747-5.
  4. ↑ "Wendy K. Ulmer". wendyulmer.com. 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "A is for the Author's New Book". Bangor Daily News. 3 April 2008. p. 21 – via newspapers.com. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Announcing the 2014 SCBWI Spark Award Winners". scbwi.org. 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Awards & Bestsellers". sleepingbearpress.com. 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2019) [First published 1997]. A Campfire for Cowboy Billy (Paperback). Illustrated by: Kenneth J. Spengler (3rd ed.). Arrowsic, Maine: Wooly Moon Books. ISBN 978-0-57852-970-7.
  9. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2010). Zero, Zilch, Nada: Counting to None (Paperback). Illustrated by: Laura Knorr. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Sleeping Bear Press. ISBN 978-1-58536-576-0.
  10. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2013). A Isn't for Fox: An Isn't Alphabet (Paperback). Illustrated by: Laura Knorr. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Sleeping Bear Press. ISBN 978-1-62753-583-0.
  11. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2014). My Twelve Maine Christmas Days (Paperback). Illustrated by: Sandy Crabtree. Arrowsic, Maine: Wooly Moon Books. ISBN 978-0-69223-991-9.
  12. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2015). One Green Tree, Ten Chickadees (Paperback). Illustrated by: Sandy Crabtree. Arrowsic, Maine: Wooly Moon Books. ISBN 978-0-69248-781-5.
  13. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2017). The Call (Paperback). The Journals of Anterg Trilogy. Illustrated by: Sandra Salsbury. Arrowsic, Maine: Wooly Moon Books. ISBN 978-0-69287-032-7.
  14. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2018). The Dragons (Paperback). The Journals of Anterg Trilogy. Illustrated by: Sandra Salsbury. Arrowsic, Maine: Wooly Moon Books. ISBN 978-0-69214-934-8.
  15. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2019). The Sword (Paperback). The Journals of Anterg Trilogy. Illustrated by: Sandra Salsbury. Arrowsic, Maine: Wooly Moon Books. ISBN 978-0-69214-934-8.
  16. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (2023). The Marsh (Paperback). Illustrated by: Sam Pines. Arrowsic, Maine: Wooly Moon Books.
  17. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (October 1994). "Grandfather's Garden". Ladybug. Chicago, Illinois: Carus Publishing Company.
  18. ↑ Ulmer, Wendy K. (January 2021). "Quilt Music". Ladybug. Illustrated by Betsy Page Brown. McLean, Virginia: Cricket Media, Inc.
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