Kate Seredy
(1899 - 1975)
Kate Seredy (1899–1975) was a Hungarian-born writer and illustrator of children’s books. She won the Newbery Medal once, the Newbery Honor twice, the Caldecott Medal once, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Most of her books were written in English, which was not her first language.
Bibliography
Smiling Hill Farm (1937)
The Wayne family are early pioneers in Indiana, settling at Smiling Hill Farm in 1817.
Story Parade Red Book (1937)
A collection of 39 stories for boys and girls by noted authors, and with numerous illustrations.
Margaret Wise Brown
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Charles Finger
Et al
Lois Lenski
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Henry C. Pitz
Kate Seredy
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Taming the Wild Grasses (1932)
An elementary school ancient history.
The Tenement Tree (1959)
Tino spends the summer in the country with his aunt and helps her write a book about the animals he sees.
Read online at archive.org.
A Tree for Peter (1941)
Peter’s life is changed when he meets Peter King in shantytown
We Are Neighbors (1957)
An elementary school reader.
Odille Ousley
David H. Russell
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The White Stag (1937)
The legendary tale of the migration of the Huns and Magyars from the east to Hungary.
Read online at archive.org.
Who Is Johnny? (1939)
A black boy, born in Hungary, travels to Berlin to find his long lost brother.
Winterbound (1936)
Kay and Garry Ellis spend the winter in an old farm house, and are the better for it.
With Harp and Lute (1935)
A collection of poems and songs on Catholic themes.
Read online at archive.org.
The Wonderful Year (1946)
Ellen moves with her family to a fruit farm in Colorado. The book won the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation Award as well as a Newbery Honor.
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Yankee Yarns: Stories from the Northeastern States (1944)
A collection of short stories set in the northeast states. Includes ‘A Nantucket Picnic’ by Elizabeth Enright and ‘Ice on Horse-Killer’ by Stephen W. Meader.
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Alice Dalgliesh
Elizabeth Enright
Stephen W. Meader
Cornelia Meigs
Mabel L. Robinson
Ruth Sawyer
Kate Seredy
Et al
Young Walter Scott (1935)
An imaginative biography of Sir Walter Scott’s youth.