Elizabeth Coatsworth

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 1931 Newbery Medal.

Born May 31, 1893, in Buffalo, New York, Coatsworth graduated from Vassar College in 1915 and received a Master of Arts from Columbia 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 writer Henry Beston, with whom she had two children. She died at her home in Nobleboro, Maine, August 31, 1986. [ [http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/coatswor.htm#bio University of Southern Mississippi de Grummond Collection website] ]

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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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