Elinor Whitney
Author
(1889 - 1980)
Elinor Whitney Field was an American children’s book author. She won the Newbery Honor in 1928. She and her colleague Bertha Mahony founded The Horn Book Magazine, a respected arbiter of excellence in children’s publishing.
Bibliography
Realms of Gold in Children’s Books (1929)
A comprehensive guide to children’s literature as of 1929. Every author and illustrator of note is included. The dust jacket is by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Elinor Whitney
Arthur Rackham
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Timothy and the Blue Cart (1930)
Three children spend the summer on a farm in New Hampshire and make friends with the vegetable man and the horse that pulls his blue cart.
Elmer Hader