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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

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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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	The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 43,309 ratings — published 1933 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angus and the Ducks 4.11 avg rating — 1,539 ratings — published 1930 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ask Mr. Bear 3.96 avg rating — 824 ratings — published 1932 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angus and the Cat 4.16 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 1931 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angus Lost 4.10 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 1932 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walter the Lazy Mouse (Nancy Pearl's Book Crush Rediscoveries) 4.15 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 1937 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boats on the River by Marjorie Flack, Jay Hyde Barnum (Illustrator) 3.34 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1946 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wait for William 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1935 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Restless Robin 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1937 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tim Tadpole & the Great Bullfrog 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1934 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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.”
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“rose and stretched himself and said, “Hop on, Mouse Mouse,”
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