Marguerite Henry
Born: 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died: November 26, 1997, in Rancho Santa Fe, California Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Henry moved to Wayne, Illinois in 1939 with her husband. Biography: Marguerite Henry was a beloved children's author. She is especially noted for her books about horses. Henry grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a warm and loving family. At age 21 she married Sidney Crocker Henry. sense neither of them had pets as children, they set about collecting animals when they moved to Wayne, Illinois. The first was a pony from Chincoteague, the original Misty. Misty became famous around the country when Henry wrote about her, and even more so later after a movie was made about her. The tital was 'Misty' (Twentieth-Century Fox - 1961). She was visited by thousands of schoolchildren. All of her books are based on true stories about real horses and other animals and her work has captivated entire generations of children and young adults. She received much critical acclaim for her historical perspective in writing. Several of her books have been made into movies. She began writing in the 1940's and published more than 50 books in her lifetime.
Awards:
- ''Justin Morgan Had a Horse''
- -- Newbery Honor Award, 1945 ''Misty of Chincoteague''
- -- Newberry Honor Award, 1948 ''Brighty of the Grand Canyon''
- -- Newbery Medal, 1949 ''King of the Wind''
- -- William Allen White Award, 1956 '''Other Awards
Selected Titles
A pictorial life story of Misty ISBN: 0516097679 OCLC: 13841226 Children's Press Choice, Chicago : 1985, ©1976. The author describes how she came to own the well-known Chincoteague pony and their subsequent experiences together. |
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Album of dogs ISBN: 1481442570 OCLC: 903510973 Briefly discusses the history and characteristics of twenty-six common dog breeds. |
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Album of horses / ISBN: 0689717091 OCLC: 26805302 Describes the world of horses and the various breeds, including the American Saddle Horse, Tennessee Walking Horse, and Clydesdale. |
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Benjamin West and his cat Grimalkin ISBN: 9781481403955 OCLC: 923563075 With his beloved black cat Grimalkin as his constant companion, the young Quaker boy Benjamin West discovers and develops his talent as an artist. |
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Benjamin West and his cat Grimalkin / ISBN: 0970561806 OCLC: 62266243 Bradford Press, South Bend, Ind. : [2000] With his beloved black cat Grimalkin as his constant companion, the young Quaker boy Benjamin West discovers and develops his talent as an artist. |
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Birds at home / ISBN: 0528885790 OCLC: 3144654 Rand McNally, Chicago : ©1972. Describes the habits and behavior and includes illustrations of twenty-one birds common to North America. |
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Black gold ISBN: 059048687X OCLC: 32600078 Scholastic Inc., New York : 1995, ©1992. A heroic small-boned horse with a will to win is finally ridden to glory by his devoted jockey. |
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon ISBN: 9781534402614 OCLC: 1015894236 Relates the adventures of a little burro who blazed trails through the Grand Canyon and met many famous people in the process. |
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon / ISBN: 0844671762 OCLC: 22983267 Aladdin Paperbacks, New York : 1991. Relates the adventures of a little burro who blazed trails through the Grand Canyon and met many famous people in the process. |
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Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley / ISBN: 0590515861 OCLC: 62308535 Scholastic Inc., New York : ©1996. Molly wants a horse of her own, but when her father's mare gives birth to a mule, Molly changes her mind and raises the newborn. |
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Cinnabar, the one o'clock fox ISBN: 1481404016 OCLC: 892701487 Cinnabar, a clever fox, comes out of his home every day at one o'clock to tease the fox hunters nearby and let them chase him until nightfall. |
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Classic horse stories ISBN: 9780811865692 OCLC: 555675787 Chronicle Books, San Francisco : ©2010. A collection of stories, poems, history, and mythology about horses. |
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Five o'clock Charlie / ISBN: 0689718713 OCLC: 30034859 Aladdin Paperbacks, New York : 1994. Charlie, a work horse, finds retirement boring until he discovers something new and important to do. |
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Gaudenzia, pride of the Palio ISBN: 1481403982 OCLC: 883631735 A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest. |
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Justin Morgan had a horse / ISBN: 0689852797 OCLC: 23693262 Aladdin Books ; New York : 1991. An unusual work horse raised in Vermont and known originally as "Little Bub" becomes the sire of a famous American breed and takes the name of his owner, Justin Morgan. |
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King of the Wind / ISBN: 1416927867 OCLC: 176813 Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life. |
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King of the wind : ISBN: 9781534402607 OCLC: 1015894265 Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the Godolphin Arabian, ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses. |
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Misty of Chincoteague ISBN: 9781534402553 OCLC: 1015891853 Paul and Maureen Beebe's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the elusive Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction. |
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Misty of Chincoteague / ISBN: 1416927832 OCLC: 176811 Rand McNally, Chicago : [1947] Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction. |
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Misty's twilight / ISBN: 0689803931 OCLC: 25007971 Macmillan ; New York : ©1992. Captivated by the story of "Misty of Chincoteague," a woman with a horse farm in Florida raises one of Misty's descendants to become a champion show horse. |
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Mustang, wild spirit of the West ISBN: 9781534402621 OCLC: 1015893971 A fictional retelling, from the point of view of Annie Bronn Johnston, of how this Nevada woman fought to protect the American wild horse, the mustang, from extinction because of professional killers who chased the horses for use in dog food. |
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Mustang; wild spirit of the West ISBN: 0844668885 OCLC: 24216865 Rand McNally 1966 |
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One man's horse / ISBN: 0528820923 OCLC: 3168731 Rand McNally, Chicago : ©1977. A fictionalized history of the life of the horse credited with fathering the standardbred line accompanied by a pictorial postlude of his ancestors and descendants. |
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Our first pony ISBN: 0590515462 OCLC: 56780033 Scholastic, New York : 1998, ©1984. Twin brothers, Justin and Joey, buy and raise a pony of their own, but when the pony foals they find themselves responsible for the care of a whole new pony family. |
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Our first pony / ISBN: 0689810261 OCLC: 35084248 Aladdin Paperbacks, New York : 1997. Twin brothers, Justin and Joey, buy and raise a pony of their own but when the pony foals they find themselves responsible for the care of a whole new pony family. |
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Robert Fulton, ISBN: 1887840257 OCLC: 1710117 Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis, [1962] Inventions and improvements of inventions--these were the products of Fulton's mechanical ability. His most famous was the Clermont, a steamboat he launched on the Hudson. Here is his boyhood. |
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San Domingo : ISBN: 9781481462112 OCLC: 923564787 A fourteen-year-old boy learns about the harsh realities of life when he acquires an Indian pony from a drifter and has to fight to keep it. |
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Sea Star : ISBN: 9781534402560 OCLC: 1015891525 A wild colt rescued by two children is raised by a mare who has lost her own way. |
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Sea Star, ISBN: 1416927840 OCLC: 4669796 Rand McNally Chicago, [1949] Tells about Paul and Maureen Beebe and a little orphan colt whose life they save. Grades 5-7. |
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Stories from around the world. ISBN: 0833100319 OCLC: 902710 Hubbard Press Northbrook, Ill., [1974] |
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Stormy, Misty's foal ISBN: 9781534402577 OCLC: 1015892190 A foal, born in the aftermath of a great storm, and her famous mother help raise money to repair the storm damage on Chincoteague Island and restore the herds of wild ponies on Assateague Island. |
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Stormy, Misty's foal / ISBN: 0689714874 OCLC: 181504 A foal, born in the aftermath of a great storm, and her famous mother help raise money to repair the storm damage on Chincoteague Island and restore the herds of wild ponies on Assateague Island. |
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White stallion of Lipizza ISBN: 9781481403924 OCLC: 466537 A baker's son, who dreams of becoming a riding master at Vienna's Spanish Court Riding School, is admitted as an apprentice and achieves his desire under the tutelage of both two-legged and four-legged masters. |
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White stallion of Lipizza / ISBN: 188784029X OCLC: 53825911 Sonlight Curriculum, Littleton, CO : 1998. A baker's son, who dreams of becoming a riding master at Vienna's Spanish Court Riding School, is admitted as an apprentice and achieves his desire under the tutelage of both two-legged and four-legged masters. |