Lila Perl
Also known as
Perl Lila
Lila Perl, the daughter of Russian immigrants fleeing anti-Semitism, published over sixty volumes of fiction and nonfiction for young readers during her long and distinguished career. In addition to the beloved *Fat Glenda* series, Perl twice received American Library Association Notable awards for nonfiction and was a recipient of the Sydney Taylor Award for *Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story*. She died in 2013 at the age of ninety-two. *Isabel's War* and its completed sequel, *Lilli's Quest*, were her final works.
Born 1921-05-23
Died 2013-12-04
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL659020A
Top Subjects
- Juvenile literature (19)
- Juvenile Nonfiction (11)
- United States (9)
- Fiction (6)
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9) (6)
- History (5)
- General (5)
Books by Lila Perl
Total count: 90
What cooks in suburbia.[1st ed.]Dutton1961-01-01-
The delights of apple cookery.Coward-McCann1963-01-01
The house you wanthow to find it, how to buy it.D. McKay Co.1965-01-01
Red-flannel hash and shoo-fly pieAmerican regional foods and festivals.[1st ed.]World Pub. Co.1965-01-01
Rice, spice, and bitter orangesMediterranean foods and festivals.World Pub. Co.1967-01-01-
Foods and festivals of the Danube landsGermany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia.World Pub. Co.1969-01-01
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No tears for Rainey.[1st ed.]Lippincott1969-01-01
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Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgarianew era in the Balkans.T. Nelson1970-01-01
Living in Naples / Lila PerlNelson1970-01-01-
The finishing toucha book of desserts.New American Library1970-01-01
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Living in Naples.Nelson1970-01-01
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Living in Lisbon.[1st ed.]T. Nelson1971-01-01
Me and fat GlendaSeabury Press1972-01-01-
Me and fat Glenda.Seabury Press1972-01-01
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Ethiopia, land of the lion.Morrow1972-01-01
East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, UgandaMorrow1973-01-01-
East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.Morrow1973-01-01
That crazy AprilSeabury Press1974-01-01-
America goes to the fairall about state and county fairs in the USA.W. Morrow1974-01-01
The hamburger bookall about hamburgers and hamburger cookery.Seabury Press1974-01-01-
That crazy AprilHoughton Mifflin/Clarion Books1974-01-01
Ghana and Ivory Coastspotlight on West AfricaMorrow1975-01-01
Slumps, grunts, and snickerdoodleswhat Colonial America ate and whyHoughton Mifflin/Clarion Books1975-01-01-
The telltale summer of Tina C.Seabury Press1975-01-01
Dumb like me, Olivia PottsSeabury Press1976-01-01
The global food shortagefood scarcity on our planet and what we can do about itMorrow1976-01-01-
EgyptRebirth on the NileMorrow1977-01-01
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Hunter's stew and hangtown fry, what pioneer America ate and whySeabury Press1977-01-01
Hunter's stew and hangtown fry, what pioneer America ate and whySeabury Press1977-01-01
Mexico, crucible of the Americas1st ed.Morrow1978-01-01
Puerto Rico, island between two worlds1st ed.Morrow1979-01-01-
Don't ask MirandaSeabury Press1979-01-01
Eating the vegetarian waygood food from the earthMorrow1980-01-01
Pieface and DaphneHoughton Mifflin/Clarion Books1980-01-01-
Pieface and DaphneHoughton Mifflin/Clarion Books1980-01-01
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Junk food, fast food, health foodwhat America eats and whyHoughton Mifflin/Clarion Books1980-01-01
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Hey, remember Fat Glenda?Ticknor & Fields1981-01-01
Guatemala, Central America's living pastMorrow1982-01-01
Red star & green dragonlooking at New ChinaWilliam Morrow1983-01-01
Annabelle Starr, E.S.P.Clarion Books1983-01-01-
Piñatas and paper flowersholidays of the Americas in English and Spanish = Piñatas y flores de papel : fiestas de las Americás en inglés y españolClarion Books1983-01-01
Piñatas and paper flowersholidays of the Americas in English and Spanish = Piñatas y flores de papel : fiestas de las Americás en inglés y españolClarion Books1983-01-01-
That Crazy AprilHarperCollins Publishers1983-11-28
Candles, cakes, and donkey tailsbirthday symbols and celebrationsClarion Books1984-01-01
Tybee Trimble's hard timesClarion Books1984-01-01
Candles, cakes and donkey tailsbirthday symbols and celebrationsHoughton Mifflin Co.1984-01-01
TheTelltale Summer of Tina CScholastic1984-07-01
Annabelle Starr, E.S.P.Pocket Books1984-09-01
Marleen, the horror queenClarion Books1985-01-01
Blue Monday and Friday the ThirteenthClarion Books1986-01-01
Fat Glenda's summer romanceClarion Books1986-01-01
The secret diary of Katie DinkerhoffScholastic1987-01-01
Mummies, tombs, and treasuresecrets of Ancient EgyptClarion Books1987-01-01-
MarleenThe Horror QueenPocket Books1987-04-01
Don't sing before breakfast, don't sleep in the moonlighteveryday superstitions and how they beganClarion Books1988-01-01
The great ancestor huntthe fun of finding out who you areClarion Books1989-01-01
Molly Picona gift of laughterJewish Publication Society1990-01-01
From top hats to baseball caps, from bustles to blue jeanswhy we dress the way we doClarion Books1990-01-01
Fat Glenda turns fourteenClarion Books1991-01-01-
Architectural Design-ColWilliam Morrow & Company1991-05-01
It happened in Americatrue stories from the fifty states1st ed.H. Holt1992-01-01
Isaac Bashevis Singerthe life of a storyteller1st ed.Jewish Pubn Society1994-01-01
Mummies, tombs, and treasuresecrets of Ancient EgyptScholastic1996-01-01-
Four perfect pebblesa Holocaust storyGreenwillow Books1996-01-01
Four Perfect Pebbles a Holocaust StoryScholastic Inc1996-01-01
Pinatas and Paper FlowersHolidays of the Americas in English and SpanishTandem Library1999-10-01
Four Perfect PebblesA Holocaust StoryHarperTrophy1999-11-09
The Trail of TearsThe Story of the Cherokee Removal (Great Journeys)Benchmark Books (NY)2001-09-01
North Across the BorderThe Story of the Mexican Americans (Great Journeys)Benchmark Books (NY)2001-12-01
Behind Barbed WireThe Story of Japanese-American Internment During World War II (Great Journeys)Benchmark Books (NY)2002-09-01
Terrorism (Open for Debate)Benchmark Books (NY)2003-11-01
Cloning1st ed.Marshall Cavendish Benchmark2004-01-01
The Ancient Egyptians (People of the Ancient World)Franklin Watts2005-03-01-
Ancient EgyptiansTandem Library2005-03-01
People Of The Ancient WorldFranklin Watts2005-03-31-
Ancient MayaTandem Library2005-09-01
The Ancient Maya (People of the Ancient World)Franklin Watts2005-09-01
Cloning (Open for Debate)Benchmark Books (NY)2006-01-30
Cruzan V. MissouriThe Right to Die (Supreme Court Milestones)1 editionMarshall Cavendish Children's Books2007-09-01
Theocracy (Political Systems of the World)1 editionBenchmark Books (NY)2007-09-01-
TheocracyM. Cavendish/Benchmark2008-01-01
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Immigrationthis land is whose land?Marshall Cavendish Benchmark2010-01-01
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Genocidestand by or intervene?1st ed.Marshall Cavendish Benchmark2010-01-01
Immigrationthis land is whose land?Marshall Cavendish Benchmark2010-01-01
TortureMarshall Cavendish Benchmark2012-01-01-
Me and Fat GlendaIg Publishing, Incorporated2014-01-01
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Isabel's WarIg Publishing, Incorporated2014-01-01
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Lilli's QuestIg Publishing, Incorporated2015-01-01
ImmigrationWelcome or Not?Cavendish Square Publishing2019-01-15
ImmigrationWelcome or Not?Cavendish Square2019-01-15