Marguerite de Angeli

Born: 03/14/1889   Lapeer
Died: 06/16/1987
Parents: Shadrach George Lofft, Ruby A. Lofft
Spouse: John De Angeli
Children: John, Arthur, Harry, Nina, Maurice
Address(es):
Last Known
Philadelphia , PA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Friendship and Other Poems Poetry Children New York: Doubleday and Co. 1981
Whistle for the Crossing
- the story of the first train to travel the new railroad tracks from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
Historical Fiction Children New York: Doubleday and Co. 1977
The Lion in the Box
- A Christmas story, a widowed mother, poverty, and an unexpected gift.
Fiction Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1975
Fiddlestrings
- One of deAngeli's longer books, it is based on the boyhood of her husband John Daily de Angeli in the 1890s.
Fiction Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1974
Butter at the old price; the autobiography of Marguerite de Angeli Biography , Michigan Adult Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1971
The Goose Girl, a new translation
-  Illustrated version of the Grimm story original.
Folklore Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1964
Marguerite de Angeli's Favorite Hymns Non Fiction Adult , Children , Teen Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1963
A Pocket Full of Posies: A Merry Mother Goose Non Fiction , Poetry Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1961
The Old Testament
- (Publication Years: 1960, 1967)
Non Fiction Adult , Children , Teen New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1960
The Black Fox of Lorne
- Newbery Honor Book, 1957. Tenth-century Viking twins shipwreck on the Scottish coast and seek to avenge the death of their father; they encounter loyal clansmen at war, kindly shepherds, power-hungry lairds, and staunch crofters.
Fiction , Adventure Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1956
Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes
- A Caldecott Honor book in 1955.
Non Fiction , Poetry Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1954
Just Like David
- Jeffrey wants to be just like his older brother David
Fiction Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1951
The Door in the Wall
- Newbery Medal winner about a boy's courage during plague years in Medieval England; central character deals with a physical handicap.
Historical Fiction Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1949
Jared's Island
- When his ship is wrecked, a young boy is rescued by Quakets and comes to live in New Jersey in 1760. He runs off to live with the Indians but later returns to his Quaker firends and a new adventure, seeking hidden treasure.
Adventure , Historical Fiction Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1947
Bright April
- A story about the prejudice experienced by African-Americans in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a daring topic for its time. (images)
Fiction Children Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co. 1946
Turkey for Christmas
- Autobiographical. Republished, 1964.
Fiction Children Phiadelphia: Westminister Press 1944
Yonie Wondernose
- Caldecott Honor Book, 1945. A curious Amish boy who lives on a Pennsylvania Dutch farm shares a wonderful secret with his father.
Fiction Children New York, NY : Doubleday 1944
Up the Hill
- Story of a young mine worker from a Pennsylvania mining town who aspires to an art career; describes immigrant Polish customs, food, language, music, and daily life.
Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1942
Elin's Amerika
- A story about the earliest Swedish settlers in the Delaware Valley in Pennsylvania.
Historical Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1941
A Summer Day with Ted and Nina Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1940
Thee, Hannah!
- A story about a young Quaker girl meeting an escaped slave in pre-Civil War Philadelphia.
Historical Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1940
Skippack School
- "Being the Story of Eli Shrawder and of one Christopher Dock, Schoolmaster about the year 1750". A story about school-master and humanist Christopher Dock at the Mennonite School near Skippack, Pennsylvania during the 1700s.
Historical Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1939
Copper-Toed Boots
- Chosen one of Michigan's most notable books. A portrayal of the mid-nineteenth century rural life of the author's father in Lapeer, Michigan.
Historical Fiction , Michigan Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1938
Petite Suzanne
-  A story filled with folkways and customs of daily life as experienced by a Gaspé Peninsula French-Canadian girl named Suzanne.
Historical Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1937
Henner's Lydia
-  A story about a young Amish girl set in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Historical Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1936
Ted and Nina Have a Happy Rainy Day
- Set in the attic of the house of the author's maternal grandparents.
Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1936
Ted and Nina Go to the Grocery Store Fiction Children New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1935
Nursery Rhymes article for Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia
- Wrote and Illustrated
What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, "Marguerite de Angeli's childhood interests: drawing, painting, writing, singing, carried over into her adult life. Her love of family life also found its way into her books. Her pictures and books depict the happy, pious, gentle features of her character. Many of her books are of minority groups and foreign born, and show a child working to attain some degree of maturity set by the parents."

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Illustrator
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Ph.D. University of Minnesota Minneapolis , MN 1955 -1959

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Writer and Illustrator of books 1935 -1998
Illustrator
- Illustrated Sunday school papers beginning in 1922
1922
Concert and Church soloist 1906 -1920

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