Elinor Whitney Field facts for kids
This page is about the children's book author. For the film actress, see Elinor Field.
Elinor Whitney Field (1889–1980) was an American children's book author. Her book Tod of the Fens was published in 1928 and was the recipient of a Newbery Honor. She and Bertha Mahony founded The Horn Book Magazine, the oldest U.S magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature.
Works
- Tyke-y: His Book and His Mark
- Tod, of the fens (1928)
- Realms of gold in children's books (1929) (with Bertha Mahony)
- Contemporary illustrators of children's books (1930) (with Betha 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)
- Caldecott medal books, 1938-1957, with the artists' acceptance papers & related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine (1957) (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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