Scott Corbett
(1913 - 2006)
F. Scott Corbett (July 27, 1913 – March 6, 2006) was an American novelist and educator. Beginning 1950 he wrote five adult novels, then began writing books for children. He retired from teaching in 1965 to write full time.
His best known book is The Lemonade Trick, a novel for children. One of his books, entitled The Reluctant Landlord (1950), was made into the 1951 film Love Nest.
He wrote his first children’s book, Susie Sneakers, in 1956. According to a Providence Journal obituary, he wrote 81 books “including 34 that he aimed at children.” According to the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection that holds his papers, he wrote “at least sixty-seven fiction and non-fiction books for children.”
Bibliography
Cutlass Island (1962)
To solve the mystery of the caretaker's strange actions on Cutlass island off the New England Coast, Skip and Harvey were hired to live there.
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The Lemonade Trick (1960)
A mysterious potion mixed by Kerby with his chemistry set has a beneficial effect on the neighborhood bully but also wreaks havoc at the Sunday School pageant.
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