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Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 – July 15, 1988) was an American children's author and a children's librarian. Her book, Ginger Pye, which she also created illustrations for, won the Newbery Medal. Three of her books were Newbery Honor Winners, and one was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Works written: Ginger Pye, The Hundred Dresses, The Middle Moffat, Rufus M
Born: May 9, 1906, West Haven, Connecticut
Book series: The Moffats Series
Died: July 15, 1988, Hamden, Connecticut
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Eleanor Estes (May 9, 1906 – July 15, 1988)[1] was an American children's author and a children's librarian. Her book, Ginger Pye, which she also created illustrations for,[2] won the Newbery Medal. Three of her books were Newbery Honor Winners, and one was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Estes' books were based on her life in small town Connecticut in the early 1900s.

Eleanor Estes

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Born

Eleanor Ruth Rosenfeld

May 9, 1906

West Haven, Connecticut

Died

July 15, 1988 (aged 82)

Hamden, Connecticut

Occupation

Writer, illustrator, librarian

Education

Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science

Period

1941–1988

Genre

Children's literature

Notable works

Ginger Pye

The Hundred Dresses

The Moffats series

Pinky Pye

Notable awards

Newbery Medal

1952

Caroline Hewins Scholarship for Children's Librarians

Pratt Institute Alumni Medal

1968

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