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Marjorie Flack


Born
in Greenport, New York, The United States
October 22, 1897

Died
August 29, 1958

Genre
Children's Books


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjori...

Marjorie Flack was an American artist and writer of children's picture books. She was best known for The Story about Ping (1933), illustrated by Kurt Wiese, popularized by Captain Kangaroo, and for her stories of an insatiably curious Scottish terrier named Angus, who was actually her dog. Her first marriage was to artist Karl Larsson; she later married poet William Rose Benét.

Her book Angus Lost was featured prominently in the film Ask the Dust (2006), starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek, in which Farrell's character teaches Hayek's character, a Mexican, to read English using Flack's book.

Flack's grandson, Tim Barnum, and his wife, Darlene Enix-Barnum, currently sponsor an annual creative writing ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 58,711 ratings · 1,412 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors
The Story About Ping
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4.16 avg rating — 43,562 ratings — published 1933 — 111 editions
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Angus and the Ducks
4.11 avg rating — 1,556 ratings — published 1930 — 32 editions
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Ask Mr. Bear
3.95 avg rating — 846 ratings — published 1932 — 38 editions
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Angus and the Cat
4.15 avg rating — 750 ratings — published 1931 — 51 editions
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Angus Lost (Angus and the C...
4.09 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 1932 — 32 editions
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Walter the Lazy Mouse
4.14 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1937 — 23 editions
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The Boats on the River
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3.35 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1946 — 12 editions
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Wait for William
3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1935 — 5 editions
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Restless Robin
4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1937 — 5 editions
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Tim Tadpole & the Great Bul...
3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1934 — 11 editions
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Series by Marjorie Flack

Angus and the Ducks Angus and the Cat Angus Lost Angus and Wag-Tail Bess
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“Every morning at sunrise, Walter would teach school,”
― Marjorie Flack, Walter the Lazy Mouse
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“another,” said Leander and Percy and Turtle.”
― Marjorie Flack, Walter the Lazy Mouse
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“rose and stretched himself and said, “Hop on, Mouse Mouse,”
― Marjorie Flack, Walter the Lazy Mouse
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