Papers, 1953-1988.
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Edna Mitchell Preston was a teacher, editor, and author of books for young people. Her Pop Corn and Ma Goodness was chosen as a Caldecott Honor Book in 1970. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 40, p. 184 From the guide to the Edna Mitchell Preston, 1957-1968, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) Edna Mitchell Preston was a teacher, editor, and author of books for young people. Her Pop Corn and Ma Goodnesswas...
De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk.
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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 ap...