Natalie Savage Carlson

Natalie Savage Carlson (October 3, 1906 Kernstown, Virginia–September 23, 1997 Rhode Island) is an award-winning American author of children's books.^[1]

She was of French Canadian descent, and worked many old family stories and folktales into early books like The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada (1952).^[2] Carlson published her first story at age 8 on the children's page of the Baltimore Sunday Times.^[3] Her book The Family Under the Bridge won a Newbery Honor in 1959.^[4] In 1966, Carlson was the American nominee for International Children's Book Day, also known as the Hans Christian Andersen International Children's Book Award.^[3]

Works

• The talking cat: and other stories of French Canada, Illustrator Roger Duvoisin, Harper, 1952
• The happy orpheline, Illustrator Garth Williams, Harper, 1957
• The Family Under the Bridge, Harper, 1958; reprint HarperCollins, 1989, ISBN 9780064402507
• School Bell in the Valley, Harcourt, 1963, IBSN 9780152706456
• Ann Aurelia and Dorothy, Illustrator Dale Payson, Harper & Row, 1968
• The half sisters, Illustrator Thomas Di Grazia, Harper & Row, 1970
• Runaway Marie Louise, Illustrators Jose Aruego, Ariane Dewey, Scribner, 1977, ISBN 9780684150451

References

1. ^ http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/10oct/10-3carlson.html
2. ^ http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/html/clrc/clrc0113.html
3. ^ ^{a b} USM de Grummond Collection - NATALIE CARLSON PAPERS
4. ^ Natalie Savage Carlson

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Name	Carlson, Natalie Savage
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Date of birth	1906
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Date of death	1997
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