LeClaire Gowans Alger (May 20, 1898 – November 14, 1969) was an American writer better known under her pseudonym Sorche Nic Leodhas, or simply Sorche Leodhas. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, she was a sickly child, eventually being homeschooled. Alger was a known librarian, working from 1915 to 1966, while the imaginary Sorche was a storyteller. She sought out traditional Scottish tales that had never been written down before. She won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962 and a Newbery Honor for '' Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland'' in 1963. Her 1965 children's picture book ''

Always Room for One More ''Always Room for One More'' is a children's book, children's picture book written by Sorche Nic Leodhas with illustrations by Nonny Hogrogian. Published by Henry Holt and Company, it won the Caldecott Medal for excellence in American children's ...

'', illustrated by

Nonny Hogrogian Nonny Hogrogian (born May 7, 1932) is an Armenian-American writer and illustrator, known best for children's picture books. She has won two annual Caldecott Medals for U.S. children's book illustrations. Since childhood she prefers folk and fair ...

, won the 1966 Caldecott Medal.

Awards

* Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, 1962 * Newbery Honor, 1963 * Caldecott Medal, 1966

Works

Most of Leodhas' works are in collections. * ''Heather and Broom: Tales of the Scottish Highlands'' (1960), illustrated by Consuelo Joerns * ''Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland'' (1962), illus. Evaline Ness * ''All in the Morning Early'' (1963), illus. Evaline Ness * ''Gaelic Ghosts: Tales of the Supernatural from Scotland'' (1964), illus.

* ''Ghosts Go Haunting'' (1965) * ''Claymore and Kilt: Tales of Scottish Kings and Castles'' (1967), illus. Leo and Diane Dillon * ''Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic: Tales of the Western Isles'' (1968), illus. Vera Bock * ''By Loch and by Lin: Tales from Scottish Ballads'' (1969), illus. Vera Bock * ''Twelve Great Black Cats and Other Eerie Scottish Tales'' (1971), illus. Vera Bock

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Leclaire Alger
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