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Caroline Emerson

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(1891 - 1973)

Caroline Dwight Emerson was an American author specializing in children’s literature. She wrote more than 20 children's books, including A Hat-Tub Tale (1928).

Her father was Professor Benjamin Kendall Emerson (1843-1932), an American geologist and author.

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Bibliography

A Hat-Tub Tale, or, On the Shores of the Bay of Fundy (1928)

Two unusual creatures live in a house on the shore of the Bay of Fundy.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Make Way for the Highway (1982)

The road engineers change the route of the highway to avoid taking down an old grandmother’s house.

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Make Way for the Thruway (1961)

The road engineers change the route of the thruway so they don’t go through an old grandmother’s house.

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

A Merry-Go-Round of Modern Tales (1927)

A collection of stories designed to update traditional folk tales to the twentieth century.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck (1930)

Those two peculiar creatures from the shores of the Bay of Fundy go adventuring in the Marie Celeste.

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck in the Air (1946)

Further adventures of the two peculiar creatures from the shores of the Bay of Fundy.

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): W. C. Nims

Story Parade Gold Book (1941)

A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade Magazine.

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