De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk.

Beatrice Schenk de Regniers was born in Lafayette, Indiana on August 16, 1914, and died March 1, 2000. She studied social work administration at the U of Chicago and earned her M.Ed in 1941 from Winnetka Graduate Teacher's College. After doing social work for several years she was sent to the Sinai Peninsula to a Yugoslav refugee camp, constructing a kindergarten and teaching American folk dances to the children. During the 1950s she began writing for children, and "italic">The Giant Story appeared in 1953. In addition she free-lanced articles and short humorous pieces for adults, and wrote a series of short stories and columns including some with Edna Mitchell Preston, which were published in McCall's Magazine. In 1961 she became the first editor of Scholastic Books 'Lucky Book Club,' and retired twenty years later to begin writing for the theater. Her first production appeared in 1986, based on her book "italic">Everyone Is Good for Something . She has written more than 50 children's books, earning many awards and honors. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vol. 2, 68, 123 Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 6

From the guide to the Beatrice Schenk de Regniers Papers, 1953-1988, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

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