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Felice Holman


Born
in New York City, New York, The United States
October 24, 1919

Died
March 02, 2023


Felice Holman was born October 24, 1919, in New York City. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1941 and later worked as an advertising copywriter. She married Herbert Valen in 1941 and some of the experiences of their daughter, Nanine Elisabeth Valen, would serve as the model for her first book, Elisabeth, The Bird Watcher, which was published in 1963.

During the 1960s, she published two more "Elisabeth" stories and wrote some humorous books for children. In 1970, she published her first book of poetry for children: At the Top of My Voice. Critics praised the poems for their "originality, humor, and point." She continued to write humorous stories for young readers, including The Escape of the Giant Hogstalk (1974) that critics called f ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 1,660 ratings · 235 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors
Slake's Limbo
3.50 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 1974 — 44 editions
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The Wild Children
3.86 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions
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Professor Diggins' Dragons
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4.36 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions
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The Cricket Winter
3.97 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1966 — 11 editions
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The Drac: French Tales of D...
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The Witch on the Corner
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3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1966
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At the Top of My Voice and ...
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3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions
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Real
3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
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Elisabeth the Treasure Hunter
3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1967 — 5 editions
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Secret City, U.S.A.
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
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