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Birth
Born in Little Rock Arkansas -
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Audrey Wood's Life
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First Memory
Bouncing on the knee of the tallest man and rocking in the arms of the fattest woman hearing of stories about Chi Chi the chimpanzee, an elephant named Elder, and Gargantua the Gorilla. -
First Love
At the age of 3, Audrey would listen to her mother read her books every day and fell in love. She also began reading books on her own. -
First Book
24 Robbers, Published by the British Publisher Child's Play. -
First team book
Moonflute was the first book that Audrey and her husband Don Wood made together. -
Favorite Book
A game that children would play in medieval times. The witch is named Heckedy Peg and the children are named Monday through Friday. The witch then kidnaps the children until they are all gone. -
Piggies
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What's the bad word??
When Audrey wrote Elbert's Bad Word she left the bad word that is talked about in the story to the readers imagination. Everyone knows a bad word, so depending on the readers age depends on the type of bad word that is imagined. -
The little mouse...
The little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the hungry bear -
Bright and Early Thursday Evening
A Tangled Tale -
A Wonderful Day
Bruce, Audrey's son is born. -
Life's Journey
When Audrey was younger she noticed little animals and now as an adult she doesn't notice all of the little animals like she used to. Her motivation for writing this book is because little children notice nature in differnt way then adults do. Like she says, children have "new eyes" versus adults. -
Sweet Dream Pie
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My House
The Napping House is based off of Audrey's real house. -
Caldecott Honor Book
Audrey's son Bruce modeled for the boy in the book at age eleven.
