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by Edward EagerIt is customary, in writing of E. Nesbit, to begin by telling how one first read her stories in The Strand Magazine, either devouring the installments one by one as they appeared, or perhaps even better, coming upon them unexpectedly in old bound volumes in some grandmotherly attic.This...
by Nancy WillardOne night a little girl looked out of her window and saw a new star in the sky.The little girl, who was very lonely, thought to herself, "How nice it would be to play with the star!" So she wished on the star and asked it to come...
Mansfield Mo.October 19th 1953Dear Miss Lindquist,Mrs. Nordstrom has told me of your plan for the Christmas Horn Book. I am thrilled and in a hurry for Christmas time to come that I may see it.You may use my letter to Clarence E. Kilburn, copy of which you enclosed, if you...
By Anne Carroll MooreChristmas began for me with the arrival of Puss in Boots, the gayest and loveliest of picture books in a format that is an artist’s dream of a publisher’s interest in every detail of production.Not only has Marcia Brown revealed fresh creative power in the freedom of...
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by Bertha E. Mahony"'Here’s peppermints for you, Pig-wig! Here's peppermints for you.' Pig-wig is you, Allan, and I've got peppermints at home for you." So spoke my grandnephew, Arnold, aged four years, as he came running out onto my sleeping porch, one morning this week, with the little friend who...
Castle Cottage Sawrey Ambleside Nov. 24 41 Dear Mrs. Bertha Miller, The winter’s cold and bad weather is here again. I hope it has not brought any more bronchitis to you? I have only got a cold in my nose; and let us both make good resolutions...
by Tasha TudorThe memories of New England spring and summer, of fall and of winter, were the beginning of my pictures and stories.The first warm days of spring when we children found delicate Dutchman’s Breeches in our enchanted glen, of sailing leaf-boats, laden with golden Marsh Marigolds, down the brook,...
Chicago, Illinois26 February ’38Miss Bertha E. MahonyThe Horn BookBostonDear Miss Mahony:Thanks very much for your pleasant note.I'll be glad to write something for The Horn Book. So if you will send the copies you mentioned of back issues, I'll do my best to suggest something suitable. Some ideas come immediately...
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