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- Life
- Awards
- Books Grandma's Attic Grandma's Attic Companion Volumes Orphans' Journey series Other Books Books contributed to
- References and Notes
{{refimprove|date=July 2015}}Arleta Richardson (Flint, Michigan, March 9, 1923 – July 25, 2004) was an American religious and children's author, librarian, and a teacher. The Grandma's Attic series was her most well known series. She belonged to the Free Methodist Church. Life Arleta spent her early life in various parts of the midwest. She served in World War II. In 1944, she graduated from Spring Arbor Junior College. After graduation, she served in the army for over a year. In 1949, she graduated from Western Michigan University. She worked as a teacher and a librarian at several schools including: Spring Arbor Junior College, Los Angeles Pacific College, East Los Angeles Light & Life School, and Immaculate Heart School of Library Science. In 1974, her first novel in the Grandma's Attic series was published. Then, in 1994 the first book in her Orphans' Journey series was published. She wrote eight books for the CYC missions program after that. She was Director of Missions Education in the Women's Missionary Society for nine years. At the age of 81, she died of cancer.[1] Awards - 1968 ~ California Association of Christian Schools Teacher of the Year Award
- 1986 ~ Writer of the Year ~ Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference
- June 1996 ~ Alumni of the Year Award ~ Spring Arbor University
Books Grandma's Attic - {{cite book| title=In Grandma's Attic| isbn = 978-0-7814-3534-5}}
- {{cite book| title=More Stories From Grandma's Attic| isbn = 978-0-89191-131-9}}
- {{cite book| title=Still More Stories From Grandma's Attic| isbn = 978-0-7814-3270-2| author=Arleta Richardson and Dora Leder}}
- {{cite book| title=Treasures from Grandma| isbn = 978-0-7814-3271-9|author=Arleta Richardson and Susan Jerde}}
- {{cite book| title=Away From Home| isbn = 978-0-7814-3290-0}}
- {{cite book| title=A School of Her Own| isbn = 978-0-7814-3291-7}}
- {{cite book| title=Wedding Bells Ahead| isbn = 978-1-55513-061-9}}
- {{cite book| title=At Home in North Branch| isbn = 978-0-7814-3534-5}}
- {{cite book| title=New Faces, New Friends| isbn = 978-0-7814-3533-8}}
- {{cite book| title=Stories From the Growing Years| isbn = 978-0-7814-3905-3}}
- The first four are available in booked set. {{cite book|isbn=978-0-7814-0669-7|title=Grandma's Attic Treasury}}
Grandma's Attic Companion Volumes - {{cite book| title=Christmas Stories from Grandma's Attic| isbn = 978-0-7814-0090-9}}
- {{cite book|author=Arleta Richardson and Mary O'Keefe Young | title=A Day at the Fair| isbn = 978-0-7814-0249-1}}
- {{cite book| title=Grandma's Attic Cookbook| isbn = 978-0-7814-0065-7}}
- {{cite book| title=Grandma's Attic Storybook| isbn = 978-0-7814-0070-1}}
- {{cite book|author=Arleta Richardson and Eileen Dineley| title=Letters From Grandma's Attic| isbn = 978-0-7814-0229-3}}
Orphans' Journey series - {{cite book| title=Looking for Home| isbn = 978-0-7814-3538-3}}
- {{cite book| title=Whistle-Stop West| isbn = 978-0-7814-3537-6}}
- {{cite book| title=Prairie Homestead| isbn = 978-0-7814-3536-9}}
- {{cite book| title=Across the Border| isbn = 978-0-7814-3535-2}}
Other Books - {{cite book| title=My Jesus Pocketbook Of The Lords Prayer| isbn = 978-1-55513-014-5}}
- {{cite book| title=A Heart for God in India| isbn= 978-0-89367-144-0}}
- {{cite book| title=Maria| isbn = 978-0-89367-227-0}}
- {{cite book| title=Passport to South America|isbn= 978-0-89367-130-3}}
- {{cite book| first1=Arleta|last1= Richardson|first2=Peggy |last2=Payne|first3=Tamra |last3=Yoder|first4= Emeline|last4= Secaur| title=Andrew's Secret|isbn= 978-0-89367-143-3}}
Books contributed to - {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=to0yXzq_EkQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=glaesemann#v=onepage&q&f=false| title =Growing up on Memory Lane|editor1-first=Karen |editor1-last=Glaesemann|editor2-first=Devon|editor2-last= LaHar|publisher=Small Town USA|location=Pleasanton, California|year=2004|isbn=978-0-9749009-0-2|others=Illustrated by Vanessa Barrett|oclc=70810440|chapter=Forward|pages=ix–x|first1= Arleta |last1=Richardson}}
References and Notes 1. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Sections/Communications/News%20Stories/08-20-04_Arleta_Richardson_Dies.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095807/http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Sections/Communications/News%20Stories/08-20-04_Arleta_Richardson_Dies.htm|archivedate=19 July 2011 | title=Free Methodist Author Arleta Richardson Dies at 81| author=The Free Methodist Church|accessdate=17 Feb 2011}}
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