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Maria Lahman
CHILDREN BOOKS
Maria Lahman
CHILDREN BOOKS
About
About Maria
Originally from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, I live in Colorado, USA. I appreciate the apple orchard, nestled in the rolling hills I grew up by as much as the magnificent, snow-capped Rockies. Growing up in a Mennonite home with teachers and writers as parents, I was privileged to be in a storied house filled with the joys of reading and writing. I spent 10 years teaching young children of ages 3 to 5 while I continued my education, thus earning early childhood education degrees and a doctorate in child development.
Some 20 years later, I write while watching winter birds at an array of feeders or summer flower gardens I planted, in Colorado, where I live with my spouse, two children, and a flock of urban hens. My home is adjacent to the university, where I’m a professor, so I walk to my office through the campus Xeric demonstration garden.
Flowers from my garden
Childhood
Pippi Longstockings was my favorite doll Mom made for me.
I read her books over and over since they were one of the few available with a strong girl character—literally and figuratively!
The set of Winnie-the-Pooh characters made by my mom are the ones I had in my pre-K classrooms.
Pippi Longstockings
Maria’s daughter Kate and Mom, Anna Kathryn Eby
Anna Kathryn was a 1st and 3rd-grade teacher.
Ragdolls made by my mom
Reading time
The set of Winnie-the-Pooh characters made by my mom that I had in my per-K classrooms
Listening to Dad read
My sister is holding the first Winnie-the-Pooh Mom ever made.