Sarah Addington (1891–1940) was an author of

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and a

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Early life

Addington was born in 1891. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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in 1912. She then studied at

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. She married Howard Carl Reid in 1917.

Later life

During her later life, she made her home in

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. She died there on November 7, 1940.Coyle, William. ''Ohio Authors and Their Books''. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1962, p. 3.

Selected works

*''The Boy Who Lived in Pudding Lane: Being a True Account, If Only You Believe It, of the Life and Ways of Santa, Oldest Son of Mr. & Mrs. Claus''. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922. *''Pied Piper of Pudding Lane''. Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay. Boston:

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, 1923. *''Round the Year in Pudding Lane.'' Illustrated by

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. Boston:

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, 1924. *''Pudding Lane People''. Illustrated by Janet Laura Scott. Boston:

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, 1926. *''Jerry Juddkins''. 1926. *''Tommy Tingle Tangle''. Illustrated by

. Joliet: P. F. Volland Company, 1927. *''Grammar Town''. Illustrated by

. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1927. *''Dance Team''. New York: D. Appleton, 1931. *''Hound of Heaven''. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1935.

References

*Wallace, W. Stewart. ''A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased Before 1950''. Detroit: Gale Research Co, 1968.

External links

Sarah Addington papers, 1921–1937
at Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library (finding aid) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Addington, Sara 1891 births 1940 deaths 20th-century American non-fiction writers American children's writers 20th-century American journalists American women journalists 20th-century American women writers