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| − | bery Medal in 1930 by the American Library Association | + | bery Medal in 1930 by the American Library Association as the best children's book for 1929. American Folk and Fairy Tales [American Folk and Fairy Tales underscored] |
| − | best children's book for 1929. | + | (1929) is another example of Miss Field's use of American source material. Points East (1930), narratives of New England in verse, is her first book written exclusively for adults. |
| − | + | Miss Field is described as a gracious and charming person, with a delightful sense of humor and an infectious, chuckling laugh. Her hair is brown and curly. She gives the impression of kindliness without sentimentality. Nine months of the year she lives in New York; the three summer months are spent on Sutton Island, off the Maine Coast, where she has a large house. | |
| − | ( | + | Miss Field draws and paints, and has illustrated many of |
| − | + | her own books with silhouettes and sketches. These include her first book, a collection of poems entitled The Pointed People [The Pointed People underscored] (1924); another book of verse, Taxis and Toadstools [Taxis and Toadstools underscored] (1926); a series of small, tho charming, books: An Alphabet for Boys and Girls [An Alphabet for Boys and Girls underscored] (1926), A Little Book of Days [A Little Book of Days underscored] (1927), Polly Patchwork [Polly Patchwork underscored] (1928), and Pocket-Handkerchief Park [Pocket-Handkerchief Park underscored] (1929); and Little Dog Toby [Little Dog Toby underscored] (1928), a story of Victorian England. | |
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Revision as of 21:40, 15 March 2017
bery Medal in 1930 by the American Library Association as the best children's book for 1929. American Folk and Fairy Tales [American Folk and Fairy Tales underscored] (1929) is another example of Miss Field's use of American source material. Points East (1930), narratives of New England in verse, is her first book written exclusively for adults.
Miss Field is described as a gracious and charming person, with a delightful sense of humor and an infectious, chuckling laugh. Her hair is brown and curly. She gives the impression of kindliness without sentimentality. Nine months of the year she lives in New York; the three summer months are spent on Sutton Island, off the Maine Coast, where she has a large house.
Miss Field draws and paints, and has illustrated many of her own books with silhouettes and sketches. These include her first book, a collection of poems entitled The Pointed People [The Pointed People underscored] (1924); another book of verse, Taxis and Toadstools [Taxis and Toadstools underscored] (1926); a series of small, tho charming, books: An Alphabet for Boys and Girls [An Alphabet for Boys and Girls underscored] (1926), A Little Book of Days [A Little Book of Days underscored] (1927), Polly Patchwork [Polly Patchwork underscored] (1928), and Pocket-Handkerchief Park [Pocket-Handkerchief Park underscored] (1929); and Little Dog Toby [Little Dog Toby underscored] (1928), a story of Victorian England.
- LIVING AUTHORS.