Hannah Lyons Johnson
Early life and education
Boune was born in Orange, New Jersey. She graduated from the Beard School (now Morristown-Beard School) in 1959. Bourne then earned her bachelor's degree at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1963.{{cite news | newspaper=The Cape Cod Times | date=April 4, 1999 | title=Hannah Lyons Bourne, 57; Children's book author, reporter, editor, teacher}}
Writing career
In 1971, Bourne authored her first book, Hello, Small Sparrow. It presented a collection of Haiku about nature.{{cite book | title=Word Music and Word Magic: Children's Literature Methods | url=https://archive.org/details/wordmusicwordmag00smit | url-access=registration | year=1977 | page=[https://archive.org/details/wordmusicwordmag00smit/page/240 240] |first1=James A. | last1=Smith | first2=Dorothy M. | last2=Park | chapter=Classical Illustrators}} Bourne later authored a book on how to grow a vegetable garden,{{cite book | title=Cultivating a Child's Imagination Through Gardening | url=https://archive.org/details/cultivatingchild0000jure | url-access=registration | year=1996 | page=[https://archive.org/details/cultivatingchild0000jure/page/48 48] | chapter=Vegetable Gardens | first1=Rosanne | last1=Blass | first2=Nancy A. | last2=Jurenka}} and children's cookbooks for soup,{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Well-Done Cookbooks For Young | date=December 20, 1976 | first=Mimi | last=Sheraton}} bread,{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Cookbooks: A Tester's Choice | date=November 14, 1973 | first=Karen | last=Hess}} and jam.{{cite journal | journal=School Library Journal | title=Let's Make Jam (Book Review) | volume=21 | issue=9 | page=57 | first1=Carolyn | last1=Johnson | first2=Lillian N. | last2=Gerhardt}} She also penned a 1975 book called Picture the Past, 1900-1915, which discussed children's lives in the early 20th century. In 1977, Scholastics' Kids Review Kids Books discussed her book From Apple Seed to Applesauce.{{cite book | title=Kids Review Kids' Books: More Than 375 Short Student-Written Book Reviews of Popular Children's Titles | year=1997 | author=Scholastic, Inc. Staff | chapter=Reviews | page=95}} The National Science Teachers Association also named the book an Outstanding Science Book for Children. In 1974, Bourne authored a Halloween-themed book{{cite news | newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor | title=What to do with pumpkins after Halloween | last=Roska | first=Mary | date=November 1, 1982}} called From Seed to Jack-O'-Lantern. The New York Times Book Review described it as "a fascinating as well as strictly factual" book for children.{{cite news | title=Some Tricks, Some Treats for Halloween| newspaper=The New York Times | first=DORIS | last=ORGEL | date=October 27, 1974}}
Bourne worked as a features writer and reporter for The Red Bank Register, a newspaper in Red Bank, New Jersey. She served as membership director of the American Littoral Society and as editor of their journal, Underwater Naturalist. Bourne also served on their board of directors. After moving to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Bourne worked as a development officer and as an editor for the Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts. During her career, Bourne also taught at elementary schools in Illinois and New Jersey.
Works
- Hello, Small Sparrow (1971)
- Let's Make Bread (1973)
- From Seed to Jack-O'-Lantern (1974)
- Let's Make Jam (1975)
- Picture the Past, 1900-1915 (1975)
- Let's Make Soup (1976)
- From Apple Seed to Applesauce (1977)
- From Seed to Salad (1978)
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