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Rachel Field (1894–1942)

Author of Hitty: Her First Hundred Years

Includes the names: Rachel Field, Rachel Fields, Rachel L. Field, Rachel Field Lath, Rachel Lyman Field

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Works by Rachel Field

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years 1,183 copies, 26 reviews
Calico Bush 962 copies, 4 reviews
Prayer for a Child 724 copies, 33 reviews
All This, and Heaven Too 174 copies, 4 reviews
General Store 79 copies, 2 reviews
Time Out of Mind 29 copies, 1 review
And Now Tomorrow 27 copies
If Once You Have Slept on an Island 15 copies
A Road Might Lead to Anywhere 15 copies
Grace for an Island Meal 14 copies, 1 review
Ave Maria 14 copies, 1 review
Taxis and toadstools; verses and decorations 12 copies
Poems 11 copies, 2 reviews
American Folk and Fairy Tales 10 copies

Hepatica Hawks 10 copies

The Rachel Field Story Book 9 copies

All Through the Night 7 copies

The Patchwork Quilt (A Fantasy in One Act) (Favorite One-Act Plays) 5 copies

The Bird Began To Sing 5 copies

God's Pocket 5 copies

People From Dickens - A Presentation of Leading Characters from the Books… 5 copies

Six Plays 4 copies

The Magic Pawnshop: A New Year's Eve Fantasy 4 copies, 1 review

Fear is the Thorn 4 copies

An Alphabet for Boys and Girls 3 copies

THE POINTED PEOPLE 3 copies

The Sentimental Scarecrow a Comedy in One Act 2 copies

Branches Green 2 copies

Points east, narratives of New England 2 copies

Ipswich in the Great War 2 copies

Little Dog Toby 2 copies

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Also by Rachel Field

Winter Poems (Contributor) 707 copies, 9 reviews
A Newbery Christmas (Contributor) 187 copies, 1 review
The New Junior Classics Volume 06: Stories About Boys and Girls (Contributor) 132 copies, 2 reviews
Ten Tales of Christmas (Contributor) 102 copies, 2 reviews
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 05: In Your Own Backyard (Contributor) 94 copies
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 06: Harvest of Holidays (Contributor) 81 copies
Best in Children's Books 06 44 copies
Best in Children's Books 13 25 copies
The Grandma Moses storybook (Contributor) 23 copies
Witches, Witches, Witches (Contributor) 22 copies
The White Cat and Other Old French Fairy Tales (Editor, some editions) 15 copies, 1 review
The Big Vacation Book for Girls (Contributor, some editions) 1 copy, 1 review

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Field, Rachel Lyman

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Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Place of death

Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA

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New York, New York, USA (Birth)

Beverly Hills, California, USA (death)

Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Radcliffe College

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children's book author

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Newberry Medal (1930 ∙ 1958 ∙ 1961)

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