Estes, Eleanor (Rosenfeld).

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Eleanor Estes ( 1906-1988 ) was the author and illustrator of a number of children's books over her long career. Born in West Haven, Connecticut, Estes worked as a librarian at the New Haven Public Library before winning a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where she met her husband. She worked as a children's librarian for the New York Public Library until her first book was published in 1941. That book, The Moffats, set in fictional Cranbury, Connecticut, was based on Estes' own childhood in West Haven. She was the recipient of the Newbury Medal in 1952 for Ginger Pye .

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The Moffats, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. Dodd Boyson 5604, Boyson 2518, Levy E2809, Levy E4064, CLC C1536.

The Middle Moffat, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. Dodd Levy E2123, CLC B206, CLC B130.

The Sun and the Wind and Mr. Todd, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Dodd CLC C538.

Rufus M., Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Dodd Levy E2124, CLC A611.

The Hundred Dresses, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. Dodd Boyson 2253, Boyson 2476, Boyson 4326, CLC B142, CLC B537.

The Echoing Green, Macmillan, 1947

The Sleeping Giant and Other Stories, Harcourt, Brace, 1948. Dodd Boyson 2475.

Ginger Pye, Harcourt, Brace, 1951. Dodd CLC B536, CLC B141.

A Little Oven, Harcourt, Brace, 1955.

Pinky Pye, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1958. Dodd CLC A1673.

The Witch Family, Harcourt Brace, 1960. Dodd Levy E34.

The Alley, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1964. Dodd Levy B59.

The Lollipop Princess, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1967. Dodd CLC C358.

Miranda the Great, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1967. Dodd CLC A1052.

The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.

The Coat-Hanger Christmas Tree, Atheneum, 1973.

The Lost Umbrella of Kim Chu, Atheneum, 1978.

The Moffat Museum, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.

The Curious Adventures of Jimmy McGee, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987.

From the guide to the Eleanor Estes Papers., undated, 1900-1988., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.)

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West Haven (Conn.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
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