Elizabeth Enright
(1909 - 1968)
Elizabeth Enright Gillham (1909–1968), was an American writer of children’s books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing.
Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medal winning author of Thimble Summer and the Newbery Honor book Gone-Away Lake, she also authored the popular Melendy Quartet series. A multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted in anthologies and textbooks.
Bibliography
Adventures Here and There: Heroes on Land and Sea (1958)
A collection of stories and poems about adventure for older children.
Elizabeth Enright
Kenneth Grahame
John Masefield
Stephen W. Meader
Alfred Noyes
Mark Twain
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Robert Lawson
Feodor Rojankovsky
Kate Seredy
Louis Slobodkin
Armstrong Sperry
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All Aboard for Storyland (1941)
This is an elementary school reader with great color illustrations by Elizabeth Enright.
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Ammon a Lad of Palestine (1931)
Amnon is a little Jewish boy who lives in Palestine.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 23 (1959)
An anthology containing Kintu by Elizabeth Enright with new illustrations by Bobri.
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Rose Fyleman
Gladys Schwarcz
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Vladimir Bobritski
Feodor Rojankovsky
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 28 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Maurice Dolbier
E.T.A. Hoffman
William Dean Howells
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Elizabeth Enright
Feodor Rojankovsky
Garth Williams
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Borrowed Summer (1946)
A series of short stories.
The Children’s Hour Volume 13 (1953)
A collection of adventure tales.
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Elizabeth Enright
William Heyliger
Astrid Lindgren
Marie McSwigan
Howard Pyle
Kate Seredy
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Hardie Gramatky
Dorothy Bayley Morse
Henry C. Pitz
Kate Seredy
Armstrong Sperry
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The Children’s Hour Volume 6 (1953)
An anthology of contemporary mid-twentieth century stories.
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Elizabeth Enright
Eleanor Estes
Mabel L. Robinson
Phil Stong
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Armstrong Sperry
Keith Ward
Kurt Wiese
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A Christmas Tree for Lydia (1951)
There is no money for a Christmas tree this year, but Eddy comes up with a surprise for his little sister Lydia.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 5 (1962)
Eighteen stories set in America.
Elizabeth Enright
Eleanor Estes
Rachel Field
Robert McCloskey
Keith Robertson
Sydney Taylor
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Et al
Robert McCloskey
Helen Sewell
Louis Slobodkin
Garth Williams
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The Contents of the Basket (1960)
A collection of essays on children's books and reading by authors and librarians.
William Pène du Bois
Annis Duff
Elizabeth Enright
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Amelia Howard Munson
Elizabeth Nesbitt
Ruth Sawyer
Taro Yashima
The Crystal Locket (1935)
Nine new folktales that center around the adventures of the crystal locket.
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Doublefields: Memories and Stories (1966)
A collection of short stories and autobiographical pieces.
Dreaming and Daring (1947)
A selection of short stories including an extract from Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright.
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The Four-Story Mistake (1942)
The four Melendy children move to an old house in the country which sports a cupola atop its three stories.
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Gone-Away Lake (1957)
Portia and her cousin Julian discover an abandoned summer colony on the shores of a gone-away lake.
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Joe Krush
Kees (1930)
Kees lives in Holland and has a pet duck named Kleintje.
Kees (1937)
The adventures of a little Dutch boy, Kees and his white duck Kleintje.
Kees and Kleintje (1934)
The further adventures of a little Dutch boy, Kees, and his pet duck Kleintje.
Kintu: A Congo Adventure (1935)
Kintu, son of an African chief, goes into the jungle to test his courage.
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