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Name
  
Natalie Carlson

Role
  
Writer

Awards
  
John Newbery Medal


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Died
  
September 23, 1997, Rhode Island, United States

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Books
  
The Family Under the Bridge, The happy orpheline, Runaway Marie Louise, The night the scarecro, The empty schoolhouse

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Natalie Savage Carlson (October 3, 1906 – September 23, 1997) was an American writer of children's books. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer she was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1966.

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She was born in Kernstown, Virginia of French Canadian descent, and worked many old family stories and folktales into early books like The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada (1952). Carlson published her first story at age 8 on the children's page of the Baltimore Sunday Sun. For The Family Under the Bridge she was a runner-up for the 1959 Newbery Medal from the professional librarians, which annually recognizes the "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".

Carlson died on September 23, 1997 in Rhode Island.

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Works

  • The Talking Cat: and other stories of French Canada, illustrator Roger Duvoisin, Harper, 1952
  • The Happy Orpheline, illustrator Garth Williams, Harper, 1957
  • The Family Under the Bridge, Harper, 1958; reprint HarperCollins, 1989, ISBN 978-0-06-440250-7
  • A Brother for the Orphelines, illustrator Garth Williams, Harper, 1959
  • Evangeline, Pigeon of Paris, illustrator Nicholas Mordvinoff, Harcort Brace Jovanovich, 1960;
  • A Pet for the Orphelines, illustrator Fermin Rocker, Harper, 1962
  • Jean-Claude's Island, illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Harper & Row, 1963.
  • School Bell in the Valley, Harcourt, 1963, ISBN 978-0-15-270645-6
  • The Orphelines in the Enchanted Castle, illustrator Adriana Saviozzi, Harper, 1964
  • The Empty Schoolhouse, HarperCollins, 1965, ISBN 978-0-06-020981-0
  • Chalou, Harper & Row, 1967, pictures George Loh, AC 67-10034
  • Ann Aurelia and Dorothy, illustrator Dale Payson, Harper & Row, 1968
  • The Half Sisters, illustrator Thomas Di Grazia, Harper & Row, 1970
  • Runaway Marie Louise, illustrators Jose Aruego, Ariane Dewey, Scribner, 1977, ISBN 978-0-684-15045-1
  • The Night the Scarecrow Walked, illustrators Charles Robinson, 1979, ISBN 0-684-16311-X

    • References

    Natalie Savage Carlson Wikipedia
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