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Dean Marshall

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(1900 - 1994)

Miss Clara Dean Marshall (1900–1994) was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She graduated from Vanderbilt University and attended the New York School of Social Work. Soon after she was associated with the New York Charity Organization Society and later was case supervisor for the Hartford C.O.S.

She lived and wrote in northern Connecticut, near Granby, in a log cabin in the “Granby Woods.” She died in 1994 at the age of 95.



Bibliography

Dig for a Treasure (1949)

A treasure is rumored to be buried on Invisible Island, and the eight explorers are determined to find it.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1949

A House for Elizabeth (1941)

Elizabeth has a little brother, a cat and a pretend house, but what she really wants is a real house instead of a furnished apartment.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Theresa Kalab

Invisible Island (1948)

The four Guthrie children are cast away on an invisible island.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

The Long White Month (1942)

Priscilla lives with her aunt in New York. When she gets a chance to live in a cabin in the woods with cousin Susan, she takes responsibility for the wild birds.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Theresa Kalab

The Silver Robin (1947)

The story of a robin’s first year from hatching to the autumn migration.

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1947

Wish on the Moon (1951)

A Halloween mystery for the Guthries and their friends.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Dorothy Bayley Morse

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