Carol Ryrie Brink

Carol Ryrie Brink (1895-1981) was a United States author of children's fiction. Her novel "Caddie Woodlawn" won the 1936 Newbery Medal.

Life

Born Caroline Ryrie on December 28, 1895, in Moscow, Idaho, Brink was orphaned by age 8 and raised by her maternal grandmother, Caroline Watkins, the model for Caddie Woodlawn. Her grandmother's life and storytelling abilities inspired her writing at an early age; she started writing for her school newspapers and continued that in college. She attended the University of Idaho for three years (1914-17) before transferring to the University of California, where she graduated in 1918. On June 12 of that year, she married Raymond Woodard Brink, a young UI mathematics professor she had met in Moscow. They had a son and a daughter and lived for several years in Scotland and France. "Anything Can Happen on the River", her first novel, was published in 1934. She wrote fiction throughout her life, and added poetry and painting to her later accomplishments. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Idaho in 1965. [ [http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/brink_carol_ryrie_id.htm Ericka Streeby biography] ] .Brink Hall, which houses the UI English Department and faculty offices, is named in her honor. The children's section of the Moscow, ID Carnegie public library is also named after her.

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Works

Novels

*1934 "Anything Can Happen on the River"
*1935 "Caddie Woodlawn"
*1937 "Baby Island"
*1937 "Goody O'Grumpity"
*1939 "All Over Town"
*1939 "Mademoiselle Misfortune"
*1939 "Magical Melons"
*1941 "Lad with a Whistle"
*1944 "Buffalo Coat"
*1945 "Narcissa Whitman"
*1945 "Minty et Compagnie"
*1946 "Lafayette"
*1947 "Harps in the Wind"
*1951 "Stopover"
*1952 "Family Grandstand"
*1953 "The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit"
*1955 "The Headland"
*1956 "Family Sabbatical"
*1959 "The Pink Motel"
*1959 "Strangers in the Forest"
*1961 "The Twin Cities"
*1962 "Chateau Saint Barnabe"
*1964 "Snow in the River"
*1966 "Andy Buckram's Tin Men"
*1968 "Two Are Better Than One"
*1968 "Winter Cottage"
*1972 "The Bad Times of Irma Baumlein" ["Irma's Big Lie"]
*1974 "Louly"
*1976 "The Bellini Look"
*1977 "Four Girls on a Homestead"

Plays

*1928 "The Cupboard Was Bare"
*1928 "The Queen of the Dolls"
*1945 "Caddie Woodlawn"