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Claire Huchet Bishop

Born

in Geneva, Switzerland

December 30, 1898

Died

March 13, 1993

Genre

Children's, Fiction

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Claire Huchet Bishop (December 30 1898 – 13 March 1993) was a Swiss-born American children's novelist and librarian. She was the winner of the Newbery Honor Medal for "Pancakes-Paris" and "All Alone," and won the Josette Frank Award for "Twenty and Ten." Her children's book "The Five Chinese Brothers" won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959.

An American born in Geneva, Switzerland, Bishop grew up in France and Geneva. She attended the Sorbonne and started the first children's library in France.
After marrying American concert pianist Frank Bishop, she moved to the United States. She worked for the New York City Public Library from 1932-1936. She was an apologist for Roman Catholicism and an opponent of antisemitism.

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Average rating: 4.16 · 30,418 ratings · 1,044 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 23,907 ratings — published 1938 — 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
	Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop, Janet Joly 4.17 avg rating — 5,832 ratings — published 1952 — 41 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 Alone by Claire Huchet Bishop, Feodor Rojankovsky (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1953 — 14 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 Man Who Lost His Head by Claire Huchet Bishop, Robert McCloskey (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1942 — 24 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
	Pancakes-Paris by Claire Huchet Bishop, Georges Schreiber (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1947 — 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
	The Big Loop by Claire Huchet Bishop, Carles Fontserè (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1955 — 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
	Twenty-two Bears by Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Lafayette- French- American Hero 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	The Truffle Pig by Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 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
	Toto's Triumph by Claire Huchet Bishop, Claude Ponsot (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1957 — 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

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