The doorbell rang

Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies.

Main Author: Hutchins, Pat, 1942-
Other Authors: Toren, Suzanne.
Format: Kits Kit Books Print Book Kit Audiobooks Kit
Language: English
Published: Pine Plains, N.Y. : Live Oak Media, p2001, c1986.
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Summary: Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies.
Item Description: Narration with or without page turn signals.
Physical Description: 1 sound disc (5 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (unpaged : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.)
ISBN: 9781591127123
1591127122
Author Notes: Pat Hutchins was born Patricia Goundry on June 18, 1942 in Yorkshire, England. In 1958 at the age sixteen, she won a scholarship to attend the Darlington School of Art, where she studied for three years. Then she attended the Leeds College of Art, where studied illustration.

After graduating in 1962, she moved to London. She worked as a junior art director at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. She met her husband there and after they were married, her husband was transferred by the advertising company to head up its New York office.

While in New York, she met the editor-in-chief of the children's department at Macmillan, who encouraged her to write and illustrate her own story. Her first book, Rosie's Walk, was published in 1968 and was a 1968 ALA Notable Book. She wrote more than 40 books for young readers including Titch, Don't Forget the Bacon!, 1 Hunter, Good-Night, Owl!, and The Doorbell Rang. In 1974, The Wind Blew won the Kate Greenaway Medal. She died on November 7, 2017 at the age of 75.

(Bowker Author Biography)