My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston; Illustrated by Susan Condie Lamb
	List Price:   $17.99 Unit Price:   $14.39 You Save:   $3.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0060226064 ISBN-13:   9780060226060 Publisher:   HarperCollins Edition:   illustrated Category:   Beginning Readers Pub. Date:   January 1992 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   6 to 9 Grades:   0 to 3
Awards
1978  Newbery Medal  Winner!  1986  Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award  Winner!  1980  Mark Twain Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Children's Book Award (Colorado) (USA)  Winner!
Subjects
TEACHERS_JUVENILE LITERATURE
Description/Notes
Arizona was born in a log cabin her papa built. 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. Arizona never did make it to those places. Instead she became a teacher, helping generations of children in the one-room schoolhouse which she herself had attended. 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. An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren. Bestselling children's book author Gloria Houston celebrates her great-aunt's life. Arizona Houston Hughes lived her entire life in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. It was there that she learned about words, numbers, and faraway places--and it was to there she returned, after being trained as a teacher, to share her indomitable spirit and sense of wonder with generations of school children. Full color illustrations.