Ruth Chew (April 8, 1920 – May 13, 2010) was an American

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and

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of over 30 children's books, most of which were

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. The books were early-reader

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and usually centered on magic. Most were published in the 1970s and 1980s by

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and have been out of print for some time. However, her works are gradually being republished by Random House as of 2013. Chew was born in

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on April 8, 1920, and attended the

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. She later moved to Manhattan to pursue a career as a fashion artist and moved to Brooklyn in 1948. In 1953, she moved into the Brooklyn row house where many of her books are set. She died May 13, 2010 in

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*''The Wednesday Witch'' (1969) *''Baked Beans for Breakfast'' (1970) ASIN B000KOXKT4 (a.k.a. ''The Secret Summer'', ASIN B000MFPE86) *''No Such Thing as a Witch'' (1971) *''Magic in the Park'' (1972) *''The Hidden Cave'' (1973) (a.k.a. ''The Magic Cave'', ) *''What the Witch Left'' (1973) *''The Secret Tree-House'' (1974) ASIN B000HIN5TI *''The Witch's Buttons'' (1974) *''Witch in the House'' (1975) *''The Trouble with Magic'' (1976) *''The Would-Be Witch'' (1976) *''Summer Magic'' (1977) *''Witch's Broom'' (1977) *''The Witch's Garden'' (1978) *''Earthstar Magic'' (1979) *''The Wishing Tree'' (1980) *''Second-hand Magic'' (1981) (a.k.a. ''Secondhand Magic'', ) *''Mostly Magic'' (1982) *''The Magic Coin'' (1983) *''The Witch at the Window'' (1984) *''Trapped in Time'' (1986) *''Do-It-Yourself Magic'' (1987) *''The Witch and the Ring'' (1989) *''Magic of the Black Mirror'' (1990) *''Royal Magic'' (1991) *''Wrong Way Around Magic'' (1993) *''Witch's Cat'' (1994) *''Last Chance for Magic'' (1996) *''The Enchanted Book'' (1998) Ruth Chew also illustrated children's books by other authors, including ''The Questers'', by

Edmund Wallace Hildick Edmund Wallace Hildick (1925–2001) was a prolific children's book author, who wrote under the name E. W. Hildick. He wrote, amongst others, the Ghost Squad, Jim Starling, Birdy Jones, Jack McGurk and Lemon Kelly series. Background He was b ...

, and ''Shark Lady: True Adventures of

Eugenie Clark Eugenie Clark (May 4, 1922 – February 25, 2015), popularly known as The Shark Lady, was an American ichthyologist known for both her research on shark behavior and her study of fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. Clark was a pioneer in the fie ...

'', by

Ann McGovern Ann McGovern Scheiner (née Weinberger; May 25, 1930 – August 8, 2015) was an American writer of more than 55 children's books, selling over 30 million copies. She may be best known for her adaptation of ''Stone Soup'', as well as ''Too Much N ...

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Official siteRuth Chew information
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chew, Ruth 1920 births 2010 deaths American children's writers American women illustrators American illustrators Deaths from pneumonia in California Writers from Minneapolis George Washington University Corcoran School alumni Writers who illustrated their own writing

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