![]() She also headed up Charles Scribner’s Sons first Children’s Department and was the first President of the Children’s Book Council a professional organization for editors. Her well-deserved reputation as a “pioneer in the field of children’s historical fiction,” developed as she both wrote over three dozen children’s books and wrote about children’s literature for such publications as Parent’s Magazine, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal and The Saturday Review. She received three Newbery Honor Awards for the following titles:Īdditionally, for her 1954 picture book, The Thanksgiving Story, she won the Caldecott Medal for best picture book. Dalgliesh’s other picture books may already be familiar to parents. ![]() If you want to introduce your young readers to the historically accurate and very interesting real story behind all the hoopla this July 4th, look no further than “The 4th Of July Story, by Alice Dalgliesh, with illustrations by Marie Nonnast. ![]()
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