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Marie Hall Ets

Author,Illustrator

(1895 - 1984)

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Marie Hall Ets (December 16, 1895 -January 17, 1984) is an American writer and illustrator best known for children’s picture books.

She attended Lawrence College, and in 1918, Mrs. Ets journeyed to Chicago where she became a social worker at the Chicago Commons, a settlement house on the northwest side of the city. In 1960 she won the annual Caldecott Medal for her illustrations of Nine Days to Christmas, whose text she wrote with Aurora Labastida. Her Just Me and In the Forest are both Caldecott Honor books.



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In the Forest (1944)

In the Forest Marie Hall Etz book cover

A boy with his new horn is followed by animals as he walks through the forest.

Author(s): Marie Hall Ets
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Little Old Automobile (1948)

Little Old Automobile Marie Hall Ets book cover

A naughty little automobile drives down the road and runs over anything that stands in its way, until it meets a train.

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Author(s): Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s): Marie Hall Ets

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Mister Penny (1956)

Mister Penny Marie Hall Ets book cover

Mr. Penny's lazy barnyard pets steal into a neighbor's garden and wreak havoc. But when their good master is threatened by the neighbor, they mend their ways and work hard laying eggs, giving milk, plowing the garden and cutting the grass.

Author(s): Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s): Marie Hall Ets

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Nine Days to Christmas (1959)

Nine Days to Christmas Marie Hall Ets Arora Labastida book cover

Ceci is anxiously waiting to select a piñata for her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party.

Author(s): Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s): Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida

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Oley the Sea Monster (1947)

Oley the Sea Monster Marie Hall Ets book cover

A homesick seal, released by an aquarium keeper into a lake instead of being killed as ordered, leads to rumors of a great sea monster.

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Author(s): Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s): None

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