Anne Isaacs

Anne Isaacs (born March 2, 1949) is an American writer known for her children's books and young adult literature. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Career Isaacs held a series of positions in the field of environmental education until the mid-1980s. She took on writing fiction as a second profession.

"All my life", says Isaacs, "poetry has affected me more than any other genre. I have read, memorized, studied, loved, and written it since I was nine."

Major works

Swamp Angel Isaacs and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky produced a book about a woodswoman named Angelica Longrider.

The book won the place of the 1995 Caldecott Honor book, along with the 1995 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book, 1994 ALA Notable Book, The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 1994, School Library Journal Best Books of 1994, ALA Booklist Children's Editors Choices 1994, Publishers Weekly Best Books of 1994, TIME'''s 8 Best Children's Books 1994, Parenting Magazine Reading-Magic Award, 10 Best Books of 1994, and the 1995 Notable Trade Book in Language Arts.

Treehouse Tales Isaacs' book Treehouse Tales'' is about the fairytale-like adventures of three 1880s Pennsylvania farm children. takes place at the cusp of the California Gold Rush in 1848. Estrella, a Latina, is able to run so fast, that she burns up the air, and leaves a trail of flames wherever she runs on her father's rancho north of San Francisco. Her pets - a Kickle Snifter, a Sidehill Wowser, and a Rubberado puppy - are based on 19th-century tall tales and Pourquoi stories, or origin myths. Estrella has the power to heal them, along with wild animals she encounters. When the Ghosts of Luckless Gulch steal her pets, and come up with a sure-fire plan to steal all the gold in California, Estrella finds the need to use her powers to save the day.