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Cornelia Meigs
(1884 - 1973)
Cornelia Lynde Meigs (1884-1973) was an American writer of fiction and biography for children, teacher of English and writing, historian and critic of children’s literature. She won the Newbery Medal Medal for her 1933 biography of Louisa May Alcott, titled Invincible Louisa. She also wrote three Newbery Honor Books.
Bibliography
Call of the Mountain (1940)
Young Nathan Lindsay tries to carve a farm out of the mountains of Vermont in the 1830’s.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Children of America (1939)
Sixteen stories about American children.
Author(s):
Charles Finger
Cornelia Meigs
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Lois Lenski
Leonard Weisgard
Kurt Wiese
Et al
The Children’s Hour Volume 15 (1953)
A collection of short biographies of famous men and women.
Read online at archive.org.
Frontiers Old and New (1940)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Cornelia Meigs
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Illustrator(s):
Neil O’Keefe
Nicholas Riley
Heights and Highways (1929)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Hugh Lofting
Cornelia Meigs
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Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Mother Makes Christmas (1940)
Sally and her mother make a Vermont Christmas out of nothing at all.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Trade Wind (1927)
A spirited New England lad finds adventure and romance during his attempt to render a mysterious service to his country in the days just before the American Revolution.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
Howard Pyle
Twenty-Two Short Stories of America (1937)
An anthology of fiction about early America.
Author(s):
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Bret Harte
Cornelia Meigs
Booth Tarkington
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Willow Whistle (1931)
Mary Anne’s father opens a general store on the prairie. Her friend Eric teaches her to make willow whistles.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
The Wonderful Locomotive (1928)
Peter takes Old 44 on her last magical transcontinental run from New York to San Francisco and back in six days.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Yankee Yarns: Stories from the Northeastern States (1944)
A collection of short stories set in the northeast states. Includes ‘A Nantucket Picnic’ by Elizabeth Enright and ‘Ice on Horse-Killer’ by Stephen W. Meader.