
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2019-11-03
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1875–1961
A prolific American writer and teacher, she created stories, folklore retellings, and practical books that helped shape early 20th-century children's reading. She is best remembered for winning the 1939 Newbery Medal for Miss Hickory.
View all booksKnown today mainly for a practical early-20th-century craft book, this little-documented writer helped create projects that turned everyday materials into toys and useful objects. Her surviving work has a cheerful, hands-on spirit that fits the make-it-yourself tradition of children’s books from the period.
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