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Bill Brittain

Born

in Rochester, New York, The United States

December 16, 1930

Died

December 16, 2011

Genre

Children's

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William E. Brittain was an American writer. He is best known for work set in the fictional New England village of Coven Tree, including The Wish Giver, a Newbery Honor Book.
Brittain was born in Rochester, New York. He decided he wanted to be a 5th-grade teacher, and in addition to teaching, used to read stories in mystery magazines. After some time, he decided he could do as good a job at writing as some of the authors he read; he got coaching on writing from Frederic Dannay of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (in which, along with Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, most of his mystery stories were published). He wrote two serials from 1964 to 1983, as well as other stories, before moving on to the children's books for which he is better ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 3,746 ratings · 455 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain, Andrew Glass (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 3,001 ratings — published 1983 — 37 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
	Wings 4.06 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1991 — 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
	Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders 4.02 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1987 — 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
	Devil's Donkey 3.73 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1981 — 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
	All the Money in the World by Bill Brittain, Charles Robinson (Illustrator) 3.41 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1979 — 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
	Shape-Changer 3.69 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1994 — 6 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
	Who Knew There'd Be Ghosts? by Bill Brittain, Michele Chessare (Illustrations) 3.46 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1985 — 10 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
	Professor Popkin's Prodigious Polish: A Tale of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain, Andrew Glass (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1990 — 4 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 Fantastic Freshman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1988 — 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
	My Buddy, the King 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1989 — 4 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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Series by Bill Brittain

Coven Tree (4 books)
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Andrew Glass (Illustrator)

3.84 avg rating — 3,302 ratings

Parnell (2 books)
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Michele Chessare (Illustrator)

3.44 avg rating — 66 ratings

Mr. Merlin (2 books)
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2.69 avg rating — 13 ratings

Quotes by Bill Brittain (?)

“Whichever way I went, there would be sadness and a sense of loss. Was this a part of growing up—the agony of making such choices?
If so, I wanted to stay a child forever.

—Ian Carras”
― Bill Brittain, Wings

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“But how...?”
― Bill Brittain, Wings

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4 votes, 4.3%

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