Ann Likes Red - Hardcover

Dorothy Z. Seymour; Nancy Meyerhoff

4.54

116 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1930900120 ISBN 13: 9781930900127

Publisher: Purple House Press, 2001

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Meet Ann, an independent little girl who knows what she likes. Everyone tries to persuade her to buy a blue dress, brown hat and tan sandals, but Ann likes red instead. Red! Red! Red!

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About the Author:

Dorothy Jane Mills wrote Ann Likes Red in 1965 under her former name, Dorothy Z. Seymour, when she was a first-grade teacher. The story is part of a set of ten books designed to help young children become independent readers. The books did help children learn to read on their own. But more than that, they also became classics. Ann Likes Red in particular is beloved by many of today’s young women, who read the book as children. They still remember and admire Ann’s spunk.

Besides these books, Dorothy has published other children’s books and two textbooks for teachers, along with many articles and stories both for children and for adults. Two of her adult articles have been reprinted many times in textbooks. Dorothy’s latest book, a historical novel called The Sceptre, is set in Austria and the United States during the 1930s, with two flashbacks to ancient Keltic Europe. She is writing a sequel called The Labyrinth.

Dorothy enjoys vegetarian cooking and has published several articles about it. Coming out this year is her vegetarian cookbook, Meatless Meat.

Another aspect of Dorothy’s work is sport history. She is the widow and lifetime collaborator of Dr. Harold Seymour, the first and leading historian of baseball. Dorothy completed his last book for him when he became too ill to finish it. She writes sports history articles and gives sports talks.

Dorothy grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, but has lived in Boston, New York City, upstate New York, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Alabama, and in Canada as well as in County Mayo, Ireland. She enjoys travel and research, and she makes frequent book presentations. Dorothy resides in Naples, Florida, with her husband Roy.

Review:

My mother bought me this book in a supermarket when I was six years old and I have never forgotten it. It is about a little girl who goes back to school shopping and insists on buying everything red. Evidently, I am not the only one who never forgot it - it has recently been reissued by popular demand. The book's author is a former 1st grade teacher who used limited vocabulary to create a primer for kindergartners and 1st graders. But I loved it because it is about self-determinism!
-actress Julianne Moore --Goop newsletter by Gwyneth Paltrow, April 8, 2010

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