Lillie Patterson
{{Short description|American writer (1917–1999)}}
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Lillie Patterson (May 3, 1917 – March 11, 1999) was an American writer who worked as a school and college librarian in Baltimore, Maryland.{{cite news|first=Robert |last=Hilson Jr|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-03-14-9903160333-story,amp.html |title=Lillie Patterson, 82, educator and author of 16 books |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 14, 1999}} She wrote 17 books for children and young adults including Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace about Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.{{cite web|url=https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/mdaa/id/154 |title=Lillie Patterson, author, educator, and librarian, Baltimore |work=Digital Maryland |access-date=2021-01-05}} It won the very first Coretta Scott King Award.{{Cite web |title=Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present {{!}} Coretta Scott King Roundtable |url=https://www.ala.org/cskbart/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present#1970 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}} She also wrote books about the Statue of Liberty, Coretta Scott King, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington.{{cite web |title=Lillie G Patterson |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKNK-9JW |publisher=FamilySearch.org |access-date=30 April 2021}}
She grew up listening to her grandmother telling stories in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Patterson was African-American. She received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia in the 1940s and a graduate degree in library services from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. in the 1950s. She also studied at the Johns Hopkins University and New York University. In 1963 she received the Living Maker of Negro History Award from the Iota Phi Lambda sorority. She also won a Professional Award from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Baltimore and the Helen Keating Award in 1985 from the Church and Synagogue Library Association.
Works
- Booker T. Washington: Leader of His People (1962){{cite book |title=Booker T. Washington: Leader of his People (Hardcover) - Lillie Patterson|year = 1962|url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/first-edition/Booker-T-Washington-Leader-People-PATTERSON/31158804485/bd |publisher=AbeBooks |access-date=April 10, 2025 |asin = |url-status=live}}
- Meet Miss Liberty (1962){{cite book |title=Meet Miss Liberty - Patterson, Lillie |year = 1962|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meet-Miss-Liberty-Lillie-Patterson/dp/B0006AXRM2 |publisher=Amazon |access-date=April 10, 2025 |asin = B0006AXRM2 |url-status=live}}
- Halloween: A Holiday Book (1963){{cite book |title=Halloween (A Holiday Book) by Lillie Patterson |year = 1963|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15749443-halloween |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |asin = |url-status=live}}
- Frederick Douglass: Freedom Fighter (1965){{cite book |title=Frederick Douglass: Freedom Fighter by Lillie Patterson |year = 1965|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8432778-frederick-douglass |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |asin = B0DSZX7R1F |url-status=live}}
- Birthdays: A Holiday Book (1965){{cite book |title=Birthdays (A Holiday Book) by Lillie Patterson |year = 1965|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132813822-birthdays |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |asin = B0006BN4I8 |url-status=live}}
- Lumberjacks of the North Woods (1967){{cite book |title=Lumberjacks of the Northwoods by Lillie Patterson |year = 1967|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170892252-lumberjacks-of-the-northwoods |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |asin = B0065N87QU |url-status=live}}
- Christmas Feasts and Festivals: A Holiday Book (1968){{cite book |title=Christmas Feasts and Festivals by Lillie Patterson |year = 1969|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27809526-christmas-feasts-and-festivals |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |asin = B0DT1LRF4Z |url-status=live}}
- Christmas in America: A Holiday Book (1969){{cite book |title=Christmas in America (Holiday Book) by Lillie Patterson |year = 1969|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168244000-christmas-in-america-holiday-book-by-lillie-patterson |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |asin = B01K3RRSOK |url-status=live}}
- Christmas in Britain and Scandinavia (1970){{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Christmas_in_Britain_and_Scandinavia.html?id=cG0mbO2jo-cC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|title = Christmas in Britain and Scandinavia - Lillie Patterson| isbn=978-0-811-66564-3 | last1=Patterson | first1=Lillie | date=1981 | publisher=Garrard Publishing Company }}
- Christmas Trick or Treat (1979){{cite book |title=Christmas Trick or Treat by Lillie Patterson |year = 1979|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3588765-christmas-trick-or-treat |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |isbn = 0811672522 |url-status=live}}
- Jenny, the Halloween Spy (1979){{cite book |title=Jenny, the Halloween Spy by Lillie Patterson |year = 1979|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4343895-jenny-the-halloween-spy |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |isbn = 0811672514 |url-status=live}}
- The Jack-O'Lantern Trick (1979){{cite book |title=The Jack-O'Lantern Trick by Lillie Patterson |year = 1979|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3301021-the-jack-o-lantern-trick |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |isbn = 0811672506 |url-status=live}}
- Sure Hands, Strong Heart: The Life of Daniel Hale Williams (1981){{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Sure_Hands_Strong_Heart.html?id=fBitPAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y|title = Sure Hands, Strong Heart: The Life of Daniel Hale Williams - Lillie Patterson| isbn=978-0-687-40700-2 | last1=Patterson | first1=Lillie | date=1981 | publisher=Abingdon }}
- David: The Story of a King (1985){{cite book |title=David: The Story of a King (Hardcover) - Lillie Patterson|year = 1962|url=https://www.abebooks.com/signed/David-Story-King-Lillie-Patterson-Abingdon/31579622327/bd |publisher=AbeBooks |access-date=April 10, 2025 |isbn = 0687102804 |url-status=live}}
- Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Freedom Movement (1989){{cite book |title=Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Freedom Movement |year = 1989|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3223694-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-freedom-movement |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=April 10, 2025 |isbn = 0816016054 |url-status=live}}
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Category:Writers from Baltimore
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:20th-century American writers
Category:Hampton University alumni
Category:20th-century African-American writers
Category:American children's writers
Category:Catholic University of America alumni
Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni
Category:New York University alumni
Category:Coretta Scott King Award winners
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