Ellie Crowe, national award-winning author of 18 published books. Author of children's books, travel books and books on non-fiction subjects such as "Inventing".
Ellie Crowe is an award-winning author of 18 books. She was born in South Africa and lives in Honolulu, Hawaii and Santa Barbara, California. Her books on the culture and history of Hawaii include Exploring Lost Hawaii, Places of Power, History, Mystery and Magic, Kamehameha, the Boy who became a Warrior King, recipient of the HVCB Kahili Award for Literary Arts in 2004, and Surfer of the Century, the Life of Duke Kahanamoku, recipient of the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance Once Upon a World Award in Children's Literature in 2008. Her first book, The Little Princess Kaiulani, is included in a time capsule in the grounds of the Princess Victoria Kaiulani Elementary School, Honolulu.
Ellie now has an e-book "The Harold Angel" available as an e-book on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
To see a description of each book click on the link below
Bank Street College Children's Book Committee "Starred Review" School Library Journal Texas Bluebonnet Masterlist Texas Library Association (TLA) Editor's Favorites The Bloomsbury Review Librarian's Choices Texas Woman's University
Themes
Asian/Asian American Interest, Biography, Discrimination, Overcoming Obstacles, Sports, Instruction / Non-Fiction, Poverty, Sports History
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