Ruth Crombie Robinson Carroll (September 24, 1899,

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) and "Archer" Latrobe Carroll (January 5, 1894 – November 30, 1996) were an American married couple who created

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illustrated by Ruth. They received the Juvenile Award of the

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, North Carolina chapter, in 1953 for ''Peanut'' and in 1955 for ''Digby the Only Dog''. They lived in

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. In the U.S. Library of Congress Catalog, the five earliest records of works by Ruth Carroll are for solo

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published from 1932 to 1937 (unpaginated, as many as 48 pages). The earliest is ''What Whiskers Did, a story without words'' (Macmillan, 1932). In 1937, she created „

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and Her Kittens“ for the

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. The earliest joint work in the catalog is '' he?Flight of the Silver Bird'' (NY: J. Messner, Inc., 1939), 94 pp., . About 20 of their books were covered by ''Kirkus Reviews'', perhaps beginning with ''Scuffles'', the subject of a starred blurb in 1943. The Tatum series features a boy, Beanie Tatum, pet dog Tough Enough, and their family, who live in the

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. The last four of six Tatum books were starred in ''Kirkus Reviews''. # ''Beanie'' (1953) # ''Tough Enough'' # ''Tough Enough's Trip'' # ''Tough Enough's Pony'' # ''Tough Enough and Sassy'' (1958) # ''Tough Enough's Indians'' (1960) Ruth and Latrobe Carroll published Pet Tale 1949 Scuffles in 1943Salt and Pepper 1952 Ruth's latest work in LC Catalog is a picture book written with Latrobe, ''Hullabaloo, the elephant dog'' (NY: Walck, 1975), 48 pp., , featuring a dog employed by a one-ring circus (''Kirkus'')."Hullabaloo the Elephant Dog by Ruth & Latrobe Carroll"
Published September 18, 1975. ''Kirkus Reviews''. No date. Retrieved 2015-06-09.

References

External links

Ruth and Latrobe Carroll Papers, 1952–1960
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