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Some works published as Elinor Whitney Field.

Elinor Whitney Field was an American children's book author. Her book Tod of the Fens (1928) was the recipient of a Newbery Honor. She and Bertha Mahony founded The Horn Book Magazine, the oldest US magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature. ...more

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Average rating: 3.09 · 58 ratings · 21 reviews · 13 distinct works
Tod of the Fens
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2.74 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1928 — 7 editions
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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1930 — 4 editions
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Horn Book Reflections: On C...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions
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The Young Adult Award-Winne...
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Try All Ports
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Timothy and the Bue Cart
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Tyke-y: His book and his mark
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“Some men call us idle, but what, forsooth, is idleness? Is it to laugh and be merry, and to be no man's enemy; and is busy-ness to quarrel over gold and silver and be no man's friend?...I quarreled once over gold and silver, but dost think they are worth it?”
― Elinor Whitney, Tod of the Fens
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