Natalie Savage Carlson (October 3, 1906 – September 23, 1997) was a 20th-century

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writer of

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. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, she was United States nominee for the biennial, international

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in 1966. She was born in

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descent, and worked many old family stories and folktales into early books like ''The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada'' (1952). Carlson published her first story at age eight on the children's page of the '' Baltimore Sunday Sun''. For '' The Family Under the Bridge'', she was a runner-up for the 1959 Newbery Medal from the professional librarians, which annually recognizes the "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". Carlson died on September 23, 1997 in

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Works

*''The Talking Cat: and other stories of French Canada'', illustrator

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, Harper, 1952 *''The Happy Orpheline'', illustrator Garth Williams, Harper, 1957 *'' The Family Under the Bridge'', Harper, 1958; reprint HarperCollins, 1989, *''A Brother for the Orphelines'', illustrator Garth Williams, Harper, 1959 *''Evangeline, Pigeon of Paris'', illustrator

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, Harcort Brace Jovanovich, 1960; ::reissued as ''Pigeon of Paris'', illustrator

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, Scholastic, 1972 *''The Tomahawk Family'', illustrator

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, Harper, 1960 *''A Pet for the Orphelines'', illustrator

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, Harper, 1962 *''Jean-Claude's Island'', illustrator

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, Harper & Row, 1963. *''School Bell in the Valley'', Harcourt, 1963, *''The Orphelines in the Enchanted Castle'', illustrator Adriana Saviozzi, Harper, 1964 *''The Empty Schoolhouse'', HarperCollins, 1965, *''Chalou'', Harper & Row, 1967, pictures George Loh, AC 67-10034 *''Ann Aurelia and Dorothy'', illustrator Dale Payson, Harper & Row, 1968 *''The Half Sisters'', illustrator Thomas Di Grazia, Harper & Row, 1970 *''Luvvy and the Girls,'' illustrator Thomas Di Grazia, Harper & Row, 1971 *''Marie Louise's Heyday'', illustrators

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, Ariane Dewey, Scribner, 1975, *''Runaway Marie Louise'', illustrators

, Ariane Dewey, Scribner, 1977, *''The Night the Scarecrow Walked'', illustrators Charles Robinson, 1979,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlson, Natalie Savage 1906 births 1997 deaths American children's writers People from Frederick County, Virginia Newbery Honor winners 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers