- Elizabeth Coatsworth
Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (1893-1986) was an American author of children's fiction and poetry. Her novel "
The Cat Who Went to Heaven " won the 1931Newbery Medal .Born May 31, 1893, in
Buffalo, New York , Coatsworth graduated fromVassar College in 1915 and received a Master of Arts fromColumbia University in 1916. [ [http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-15.xml Children's Literature Research Collections website] ] She was an international traveler, which later influenced her writing. [ [http://oldchildrensbooks.com/coatsworth.php Old Children's Books biography] ] Her first publications were poems in magazines, and her first book published was "Fox Footprints" (1923). In 1929, she married writerHenry Beston , with whom she had two children. She died at her home inNobleboro, Maine , August 31, 1986. [ [http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/coatswor.htm#bio University of Southern Mississippi de Grummond Collection website] ]Notes
Works
*1923 "Fox Footprints"
*1927 "The Cat and the Captain"
*1930 "The Cat Who Went To Heaven"
*1932 "Cricket and the Emperor's Son"
*1936 "Sword of the Wilderness"
*1940 "The Littlest House"
*1942 "Houseboat Summer"
*1944 "Trudy and the Tree House"
*1949 "Little Haymakers"
*1951 "Dollar for Luck"
*1952 "Boston Bells"
*1953 "Aunt Flora"
*1953 "Giant Golden Book of Cat Stories"
*1953 "Giant Golden Book of Dog Stories"
*1953 "Last Fort: A Story of the French Voyageurs"
*1953 "Old Whirlwind: A Story of Davy Crockett"
*1954 "Sod House"
*1955 "Cherry Ann and the Dragon Horse"
*1956 "The Peddler's Cart"
*1957 "Giant Golden Book of Dogs, Cats, and Horses: 61 Stories and Poems"
*1958 "The Cave"
*1958 "The Dog from Nowhere"
*1958 "Down Tumbledown Mountain"
*1958 "You Say You Saw a Camel?"
*1960 "Children Came Running"
*1960 "Desert Dan"
*1960 "Indian Encounters: An Anthology of Stories and Poems"
*1960 "Lonely Maria, 1960
*1961 "Noble Doll"
*1962 "Ronnie and the Chief's Son"
*1963 "Jock's Island"
*1963 "Runaway Home"
*1964 "Jon the Unlucky"
*1965 "The Place"
*1966 "Fox Friend"
*1966 "Kite and the Wind"
*1966 "Sparrow Bush: Rhymes"
*1967 "Bess and the Sphinx"
*1967 "Hand of Apollo"
*1967 "Troll Weather"
*1969 "The Enchanted"
*1968 "American Adventures"
*1968 "Bob Bodden and the Good Ship "Rover"
*1968 "Lighthouse Island"
*1968 "Down Half The World"
*1968 "Lucky Ones: Five Journeys Toward a Home"
*1969 "George and Red"
*1969 "Indian Mound Farm"
*1969 "They Walk in the Night"
*1970 "Bob Bodden and the Seagoing Farm"
*1970 "Grandmother Cat and the Hermit"
*1971 "Daniel Webster's Horses"
*1971 "Snow Parlor, and Other Bedtime Stories"
*1971 "Under the Green Willow"
*1972 "Good Night"
*1972 "Wanderers"
*1973 "Daisy"
*1973 "Pure Magic"
*1974 "All-of-a-Sudden Susan"
*1975 "Marra's World"
*1976 "Personal Geography: Almost an Autobiography"The Sally Series
"All novels in this series illustrated by
Helen Sewell "
*1934 "Away Goes Sally"
*1939 "Five Bushel Farm"
*1940 "The Fair American "
*1942 "The White Horse "
*1946 "The Wonderful Day"The Incredible Tales
*1951 "The Enchanted"
*1953 "Silky"
*1954 "Mountain Bride"
*1958 "The White Room"
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