information about the aythor Eleanor Estes in (100 words)
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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