Natalie Savage Carlson

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Natalie Savage Carlson
BornOctober 3, 1906
Newbery Honor
(1959)

Natalie Savage Carlson (October 3, 1906 – September 23, 1997) was an

children's books.[1] For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, she was United States nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1966.[2]

Carlson was born in

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).[3] Carlson published her first story at age eight on the children's page of the Baltimore Sunday Sun.[4] 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".[5]

Carlson died on September 23, 1997, in Rhode Island.

Works

reissued as Pigeon of Paris, illustrator Quentin Blake, Scholastic, 1972

References

  1. ^ "Birthday Bios: Natalie Savage Carlson". Vicki Palmquist. Children's Literature Network.
  2. ^ "US Nominees for the Hans Christian Andersen Award". AndersenAward-winners-and-nominees.pdf Archived 2015-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, page 2. United States Board on Books for Young People. 2008. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  3. ^ ""Natalie Savage Carlson Papers, 1952-1986. Finding Aid."". Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Children's Literature Research Collections. University of Minnesota. Archived 2008-10-31.
  4. ^ "Natalie Savage Carlson Papers".
    de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
    . University of Southern Mississippi. February 1996. Retrieved 2013-06-29. With biographical sketch.
  5. ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA).
      "The John Newbery Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2013-07-16.