Robie Harris
Harris at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival
Harris at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival
BornBuffalo, New York, U.S.
OccupationChildren's book author
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksIt's Perfectly Normal
It's so Amazing

Robie H. Harris is an American author, specializing in books for children. She was born in Buffalo, New York.[1]

Harris wrote several children's books about childbirth and human sexuality, including It's Perfectly Normal and It's so Amazing, two of the American Library Association's most-challenged books of the 21st century. She is a cousin of children's author Elizabeth Levy.[2] She graduated from Wheaton College and the Bank Street College of Education.[3] She won the 2019 Mathical Book Prize for her book Crash! Boom! A Math Tale.[4]

Further reading

References

  1. "Robie H. Harris". PEN American Center. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
  2. "About the authors and illustrators for 2006". Connecticut Children's Book Fair. University of Connecticut. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
  3. "Robie H. Harris". Candlewick Press. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  4. "Mathical Book Prize". Mathical Book Prize. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

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