Elinor Whitney Field (1889–1980) was an American writer of
children's book
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
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Whitney, Elinor
" Junior Book Of Authors (1951): Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson). Web. 14 Apr. 2015. Her book '' Tod of the Fens'' was published in 1928 and was the recipient of a Newbery Honor
Newbery is a surname.
People
* Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver
* David Newbery (born 1943), British economist
* Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908), Argentine odontologist and aerostat pilot
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. She and Bertha Mahony founded ''The Horn Book Magazine
''The Horn Book Magazine'', founded in Boston in 1924, is the oldest bimonthly magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature. It began as a "suggestive purchase list" prepared by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field, proprietres ...
'', the oldest U.S magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
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Works
* ''Tyke-y: His Book and His Mark''[
* ''Realms of gold in children's books'' (1929) (with Bertha Mahony)][
* ''Try all ports'', 1933
* ''Five Years of Children's Books'' (1936) (with Betha Mahony)][
* ''Illustrators of Children's Books, 1744-1945'' (1947)][
* ''Writing and Criticism: A Book for Margery Bianco'' (1951)][
* ''Newbery medal books, 1922-1955, with their author's acceptance papers & related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine'' (1955) (with Bertha Mahony)][
* ''Horn book reflections on children's books and reading; selected from eighteen years of the Horn book magazine, 1949-1966'' (1969)][
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References
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1889 births
1980 deaths
American children's writers