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Alice Dalgliesh

Born

in Trinidad and Tobago

October 07, 1893

Died

June 11, 1979

Genre

Children's Books

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Family: Born in Trinidad, British West Indies; naturalized U.S. citizen; died in Woodbury, CT; daughter of John and Alice (Haynes) Dalgliesh.

Educator, editor, book reviewer, and author, Dalgliesh was an elementary school teacher for nearly seventeen years, and later taught a course in children's literature at Columbia University. From 1934 to 1960 she served as children's book editor for Charles Scribner's Sons. In addition to her book reviews for such magazines as Saturday Review of Literature and Parents' Magazine, Dalgliesh wrote more than forty books for children (most illustrated by Katherine Milhous) and about children's literature.

She received a BA from Columbia University and taught at elementary schools for a while before writing ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 14,780 ratings · 1,242 reviews · 67 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 8,023 ratings — published 1954 — 53 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 Bears on Hemlock Mountain 3.82 avg rating — 3,738 ratings — published 1952 — 48 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 Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh, Helen Sewell (Illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 1,422 ratings — published 1950 — 25 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 Silver Pencil 3.72 avg rating — 878 ratings — published 1944 — 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
	The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh, Marie Nonnast (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 1956 — 16 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
	America Begins: The Story of the Finding of the New World 4.36 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1938 — 7 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 Columbus Story by Alice Dalgliesh, Leo Politi (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1955 — 7 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
	Christmas (A Book of Stories Old and New) by Alice Dalgliesh (Editor), Hildegard Woodward (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1950 — 17 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 Little Wooden Farmer by Alice Dalgliesh, Anita Lobel (Illustrator) 3.30 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1930 — 9 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
	Adam and the Golden Cock by Alice Dalgliesh, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1959 — 8 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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Sandy Cove (3 books)
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Quotes by Alice Dalgliesh (?)

“What the future held for her she didn't know. Of two things only she was certain. There would be children-her own or other people's-and there would be books.”
― Alice Dalgliesh, The Silver Pencil

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“To be afraid and to be brave is the best kind of courage of all.”
― Alice Dalgliesh

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“Friends have ways of speaking without words.”
― Alice Dalgliesh, The Courage of Sarah Noble

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