Born: 09/19/1888   Hampton, Genessee Valley)
Died: 09/27/1976
Parents: Hamilton and Anne Dana Wright (a judge in Bay City, MI)
Spouse: Hubert Malkus, journalist and public relations
Children: Williem Van Rensselaer and Hubert Paul

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	The Amazon: River of Promise	Non Fiction	Children	New York : McGraw-Hill	1970
	The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr.	Biography	Children	New York : Grosset & Dunlap	1968
	The Beloved Island; a Cuban Family's Fight for Freedom - Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Fiction.	Fiction , Historical Fiction	Children	Philadelphia, PA : Chilton Book Co.	1967
	The Story of Jacqueline Kennedy	Biography	Children	New York : Grosset & Dunlap	1967
	The Strange Voyagers	Fiction	Children	Chilton	1966
	Animals of the High Andes	Non Fiction	Children	New York : Abelard- Schuman	1965
	There Really was a Hiawatha	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Children	New York : Grosset & Dunlap	1963
	Through the Wall: A Boy's Struggle For Freedom	Historical Fiction	Children	New York: Grosset & Dunlap	1962
	Exploring the Sky and Sea: Auguste and Jacques Piccard	Non Fiction , Biography	Children	Chicago : Kingston House	1961
	Meadows in the Sea	Non Fiction	Children	World	1961
	Outpost of Peril	Fiction	Children	Day	1961
	Blue Water Boundary: Epic Highway of the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence - This book shows her love of the Great Lakes and the history of that area	Non Fiction , Michigan	Children	New York : Hastings House	1960
	The Story of Winston Churchill	Non Fiction , Biography	Children	New York :Grosset & Dunlap	1957
	Young Inca Prince	Fiction , Historical Fiction	Children	New York : Knopf	1957
	Sidi, Boy of the Desert	Fiction	Children	Philadelphia, PA : Winston	1956
	The Sea and Its Rivers - Junior Literary Guild	Non Fiction	Children	Garden City, NY : Doubleday	1956
	We Were There at the Battle of Gettysburg	Fiction , Historical Fiction	Children	New York : Grosset & Dunlap	1955
	The Story of Good Queen Bess	Fiction , Historical Fiction	Children	New York : Grosset & Dunlap	1953
	Little Giant of the North : The Boy Who Won a Fur Empire	Historical Fiction	Children	Philadelphia, PA : Winston	1952
	The Story of Louis Pasteur - Biographical fiction.	Fiction , Biography	Children	New York : Grosset & Dunlap	1952
	The Colt of Destiny : A Story of the California Missions	Historical Fiction	Children	Philadelphia, PA : Winston	1950
	Chula of the Magic Islands	Fiction	Children	Akron, OH : Saalfield Publishing Co.	1948
	Constancia Lona - Junior Literary Guild	Historical Fiction	Children	Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday	1947
	Along the Inca Highway		Children	Heath	1941
	The Citadel of a Hundred Stairways	Historical Fiction	Children	Philadelphia : The John C. Winston Company	1941
	The Silver Llama - story and pictures by Alida Sims Malkus	Fantasy , Historical Fiction	Children	Philadelphia : The John C. Winston Company	1939
	Eastward Sweeps the Current : a saga of the Polynesian seafarers	Adventure , Historical Fiction	Children	Chicago : John C. Winston	1937
	Stone Knife Boy	Historical Fiction	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co	1933
	A Fifth for the King: A Story of the Conquest of Yucatan and of the Discovery of the Amazon	Historical Fiction	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co	1931
	The Spindle Imp and Other Tales of Maya Myth and Folk Lore	Folklore	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co	1931
	The Dark Star of Itza: The Story of a Pagan Princess	Historical Fiction , Science Fiction	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co	1930
	Pirates' Port	Fiction , Adventure	Children	New York Harper Brothers	1929
	Timber Line - A teenage girl helps her father, a forest warden, protect the animals and forests of the Rocky Mountains	Fiction	Children	New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company	1929
	Caravans to Sante Fe	Historical Fiction	Children	New York and London, Harper & brothers	1928
	The Dragon Fly of Zuni	Fiction	Children	New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company	1928
	Raquel of the Ranch Country	Fiction	Children	New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company	1927

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, "At age 13, Alida was writing for the school newspaper and doing her own illustrating. In 1910 the family moved West, and Alida entered art school in San Francisco. She spent much time in New Mexico drawing the beauty of the West. She traveled extensively in Europe and the Americas." Her interest in archaeology let her to visit the Mayan ruins of Yucatan and the pre-Incan and Incan ruins of Peru.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/amalkus%2C+alida/amalkus+alida/1%2C5%2C51%2CB/exact&FF=amalkus+alida+1895&1%2C44%2C/indexsort=-

2nd ed. says, that she was born in 1895 and SSDI says in 1888 and Contemporary Authors says 1899. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction confirms the 1888 date which we are using here.

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