Her book of poetry, Mountain Dooryards ( 1941 ), incorporated the traditional Appalachian dialect of the area.

The stories announced are: " Old Nick & the Peddler " ( from a Scandinavian folk tale ), " Puss in Boots " ( from a French fairy tale ), " The Milkmaid & Her Pail " ( from an Aesop fable ), " Old Fire Dragaman " ( from an Appalachian Jack tale ), " Momotaro the Peach Boy " ( from a Japanese fairy tale ), " An Agreement Between Friends " ( from a Romanian folktale ), " The Frog Who Became an Emperor " ( from a Chinese folktale ), " The Crane Wife " ( from a Japanese folktale ) and " The Witch Baby " ( from a Russian fairytale ), this last being adapted from one of three unproduced screenplays for the original series by Anthony Minghella.

Her parents ' Lookout Mountain heritage influenced her to record a solo album of Appalachian gothic folk songs in 1998 – Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight.

Her third album, Carve it to the Heart co-produced by McRae and Marc L ’ Esperance featured 10 new songs steeped in the dust bowl traditions as far-reaching as the Canadian Prairie to the heartland of the Appalachian Mountains.

* Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition ( 1961 )

Her work involves children's adventure stories, and fantasy, sometimes involving magic.

Her birth name ( maiden name ) may be reflected in her children's middle names ; her own middle name ; or dropped entirely.

* Trilogie van de Laatste Dag ( 1996 – 97 ) ( each of its three sections may be performed separately: ( i ) The Last Day ( texts by Lucebert, folksong A Woman and Her Lass ) for boy soprano, 4 male voices, orchestra ; ( ii ) TAO ( texts by Laozi, Kotaro Takamura ) for 4 female voices, piano voice, koto, small orchestra winds, 2 horns, harp, piano (+ celesta ), 2 percussion, minimum 14 strings ; ( iii ) Dancing on the Bones ( text by the composer ) for children's chorus, orchestra, 1997 )

Her first foray outside children's literature was Bildhuggarens dotter ( Sculptor's Daughter ), a semi-autobiographical book written in 1968.

Witherspoon is also set to jointly star in and produce a number of movies under her Pacific Standard banner, including the comedy-drama Rule # 1, a film based on Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild, an adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, a film version of upcoming children's book series Pennyroyal's Princess Boot Camp, the raunchy comedy Who Invited Her, and the comedy The Beard.

Her story inspired the 2003 children's book The Royal Diaries: Elisabeth, The Princess Bride.

Her literary output included popular books for adults ; with her sister, Nora A. Smith, she published scholarly work on the educational principles of Friedrich Froebel: Froebel's Gifts ( 1895 ), Froebel's Occupations ( 1896 ), and Kindergarten Principles and Practice ( 1896 ); and she wrote the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm ( 1903 ), as well as the 1905 best-seller Rose o ' the River.

Her compositions are also included in a children's textbook, World of Music, and The Box, a pilot TV show from Robert De Niro's Tribeca Production Company.

Her second children's book, " The Boy of the Bells " was also published in 1990 and she wrote the score for the 1990 film Postcards from the Edge.

Her father, Leo Gore, was a wealthy manufacturer of children's clothes and swimwear.

Her stories describe their efforts to keep their children acquainted with Indian culture and traditions and to keep them close even after they have grown up in order to hang on to the Indian tradition of a joint family, in which the parents, their children and the children's families live under the same roof.

Her first job in the early 1970s, was in a paediatrics clinic at Perth's children's hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, where her patients included thin and sick Aboriginal children flown in from remote western settlements.

* Newbery Medal for children's literature: Rachel Field, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

Her father, William Graham, was Scottish and her mother, Susan, was Cornish and had arranged for a wealthy aunt in Cornwall to pay for her children's education.

Her interests include health, social services, children's issues, local government and the voluntary sector.

Her first TV appearance was as a child in the studio audience of the 1980s Saturday morning children's show, Saturday Superstore, on which her father, Johnny Ball, was appearing as a guest.

Her presenting jobs have included hosting The Big Breakfast and The Priory on Channel 4, BBC One's Saturday morning children's programme Live & Kicking and the pre-school programme Playdays.

Her children's book, Adam of the Road, received the Newbery Award in 1943.

Her story was also fictionalized in 1995 children's book The Secret of the Lion's Head by Beverly Hall, and in the 2006 novel, Only Call Us Faithful: A Novel of the Union Underground by Marie Jakober.

Her television career included presenting the children's series No. 73 ( 1982 – 1986 ) as a character called Ethel Davis, also presenting the Sandwich Quiz, The Saturday Starship, Motormouth and Gilbert's Fridge, and on factual programmes such as the archaeological Channel 4 series Time Team, Island Race, and The Talking Show, produced by Open Media for Channel 4.

Her sons, Princes William and Harry, went to local nursery and pre-preparatory schools in Notting Hill, which is a short drive away, and were raised in Kensington Palace, which was a " children's paradise " according to Andrew Morton, with long passageways, a helicopter pad, and many outdoor gardens, including one on the roof where the family spent many hours.

Her mother wrote children's books, which her father illustrated.

Her father, Sir Frederick Black, worked his way up in the Civil Service and laid great store by his children's education, regardless of their sex.

Her political interests include environmental issues, social justice, equal opportunities, children's rights and employment.

Her fiance, who is with a publishing firm, translates many books from English into Italian.

Her time spent at the many locations featured in her books is very apparent by the extreme detail in which she describes them.

Her books in the late 1920s included the semi-autobiographical The Fairy Caravan, a fanciful tale set in her beloved Troutbeck fells.

Her books have enjoyed huge success in many parts of the world, and have sold over 600 million copies.

Her books were and still are enormously popular throughout the Commonwealth and across most of the globe.

Her classical education left its mark ; Christopher Stray has observed that " George Eliot's novels draw heavily on Greek literature ( only one of her books can be printed correctly without the use of a Greek typeface ), and her themes are often influenced by Greek tragedy ".

Her books for children are:

Her Christmas gift books are:

Her father was Herbert Bradley, a lawyer and naturalist, and her mother was Mary Hastings Bradley, a prolific writer of fiction and travel books.

Her books with photographs of the tribes were published in 1974 and 1976 as The Last of the Nuba and The People of Kau and were both international bestsellers.

Her relationship with Patti was the most contentious ; Patti flouted American conservatism and rebelled against her parents by joining the nuclear freeze movement and authoring many anti-Reagan books.

Her subsequent novel The Dispossessed made her the first person to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel twice for the same two books.

Her books, which include her autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, and her seminal work, El Castillo Interior ( The Interior Castle ), are an integral part of the Spanish Renaissance literature as well as Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practices as she entails in her other important work Camino de Perfección ( The Way of Perfection ).

Her association with OUP seems to date from 1910, although she did not have exclusive agency for OUP's books.

Her later books usually appeared simultaneously in both Danish and English.

Her books Old Magic and the Guardians of Time Trilogy all take place partially in the past.

Her books are still considered to be foundations for contemporary American Holistic graphology.

Her father writes joke books and a newspaper column in Seoul, South Korea.

Her personal library was deposited at Bard College at the Stevenson Library in 1976, and includes approximately 4, 000 books, ephemera, and pamphlets from Arendt's last apartment.

Her reviews consistently confront theological and ethical themes in books written by the most serious and demanding theologians of her time.

Her books include: " A Hidden Order, Uncover Your Life's Purpose ;" " Intuitions, Seeing with the Heart ;" and

Her most recent books are To Be The Poet and The Fifth Book of Peace.

Her account books were meticulously kept from 1692 to 1746.

She is widely regarded as the " Mother of Family Therapy " Her most well-known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988.