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.
Children of America (1939)
Sixteen stories about American children.
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Lois Lenski
Leonard Weisgard
Kurt Wiese
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The Children’s Hour Volume 15 (1953)
A collection of short biographies of famous men and women.
Read online at archive.org.
Roger Duvoisin
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cornelia Meigs
Mabel L. Robinson
Various
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Henry C. Pitz
Howard Pyle
Keith Ward
Lynd Ward
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Frontiers Old and New (1940)
An elementary school reader.
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Nicholas Riley
Heights and Highways (1929)
An elementary school reader.
Hugh Lofting
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Miska Petersham
Mother Makes Christmas (1940)
Sally and her mother make a Vermont Christmas out of nothing at all.
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.
Twenty-Two Short Stories of America (1937)
An anthology of fiction about early America.
Bret Harte
Cornelia Meigs
Booth Tarkington
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The Willow Whistle (1931)
Mary Anne’s father opens a general store on the prairie. Her friend Eric teaches her to make willow whistles.
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.
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.
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Alice Dalgliesh
Elizabeth Enright
Stephen W. Meader
Cornelia Meigs
Mabel L. Robinson
Ruth Sawyer
Kate Seredy
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