Background
Holly Littlefield was born on April 6, 1963, in Ohio, the United States to Charles (a counselor) and Marilyn (a university administrator; maiden name, Hughes; present surname, Scamman) Littlefield.
Minnesota, United States
Holly Littlefield studied at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She became a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 and a Master of Arts in 1992. In 1999 she became a Doctor of Philosophy, majoring in English and composition.
(Six days a week Minnie and Tessa sit, shoulder to shoulde...)
Six days a week Minnie and Tessa sit, shoulder to shoulder, bent over sewing machines in a big room overflowing with piles of fabric, patterns, and lace. There is no fresh air, the light is dim, and there are too many people in the room. The work is hard and the days are long. Minnie and Tessa work at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City. The two fourteen-year-olds are best friends. It isn't easy for a Jewish girl and a Catholic girl to be friends in 1911- some people think they're just too different. But Minnie and Tessa must depend on that friendship when the Triangle factory goes up in flames and they are trapped on the ninth floor. This moving story of courage and friendship is based on true accounts of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of March 25, 1911.
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1991
(What color is Japan? It's pink like cherry blossoms, gree...)
What color is Japan? It's pink like cherry blossoms, green like tea, and orange like the lava from an erupting volcano. Get to know Japan in this beautifully illustrated introduction to the Land of the Rising Sun.
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1997
(Recounts the experiences of abandoned, orphaned, or homel...)
Recounts the experiences of abandoned, orphaned, or homeless children from city orphanages in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who were sent out by the trainload to find families that would adopt them or take them as workers.
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2000
(Best friends Minnie and Tessa work together at the Triang...)
Best friends Minnie and Tessa work together at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Suddenly, a fire breaks out, and the workroom fills with smoke. But the doors are locked, the elevator is full, and fire blocks the stairway. Will Minnie and Tessa find their way to safety?
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2014
Holly Littlefield was born on April 6, 1963, in Ohio, the United States to Charles (a counselor) and Marilyn (a university administrator; maiden name, Hughes; present surname, Scamman) Littlefield.
Holly Littlefield studied at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She became a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 and a Master of Arts in 1992. In 1999 she became a Doctor of Philosophy, majoring in English and composition.
Children's writer Holly Littlefield's first book, Fire at the Triangle Factory, is a fictional account of the 1911 fire that consumed the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in the garment district of New York City, which was located on the top three floors of a ten-story building. Of the 500 hundred workers, mostly female Jewish immigrants, some as young as fourteen, 146 died in less than fifteen minutes, a tragedy that was attributed to the fact that the exit doors had been locked to keep the workers at their sewing machines. The owners were acquitted of manslaughter charges and later ordered to pay damages of $75 to each of the victims' families. As a result of the fire, the City of New York initiated safety programs within the fire department, and the organizational efforts of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union intensified, a first step in the ongoing campaign for workplace safety. Littlefield offers the history of the fire through the eyes of two girls, Jewish Minnie, and Irish-Catholic Tessa, coworkers in the factory, imparting lessons in friendship and responsibility at the level of the younger reader.
Littlefield wrote several titles for Carolrhoda's "Colors of the World" series, introducing children to the cultures and images of countries that include Germany, Japan, Ghana, and India. She also wrote for that publisher's "Picture the American Past" series. Children of the Trail West is an account of the youngest of the family members who rode wagon trains across the country to the Western frontier. Children of the Orphan Trains tells how, from 1854 to 1929, thousands of homeless or orphaned children were sent West, some to loving families who made a place for them, but others to people who were merely looking for a servant or farmhand.
Children of the Indian Boarding Schools is a history of how, beginning in 1879, the United States government took Native-American children from their parents and reservations and put them in boarding schools to learn English and Christianity. They were stripped of their culture, forced to cut their hair and wear "modern" clothing, as depicted in before-and-after pictures of three young men, first in their native dress, then in the mandated attire. Each page of the volume contains a sepia-toned print. School Library Journal's Barbara Buckley commented that the section of the book titled "Understanding Historical Photographs" is "one of the most valuable" and felt that it alone "could be fodder for hours of discussion." Booklist's Hazel Rochman noted that Littlefield "ends with excellent suggestions for further reading and classroom projects."
(Recounts the experiences of abandoned, orphaned, or homel...)
2000(Six days a week Minnie and Tessa sit, shoulder to shoulde...)
1991(What color is Japan? It's pink like cherry blossoms, gree...)
1997(Colors of Germany uses colors to focus on the history, ph...)
1997(Colors of Ghana explores the different colors found in Gh...)
1999(Colors of India explores the different colors found in In...)
2010(Best friends Minnie and Tessa work together at the Triang...)
2014
Littlefield married John Enright (a financial analyst) on October 22, 1988. They have two children: Patrick and Rinnan.