Authors and Illustrators Database

Born: 04/22/1886  Kirksville
Died: 05/01/1973
Parents: Samuel Louis, an architect and Rosalie Catherine Jones
Spouse: John Archibald Murton

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Rhymes for storytime	Poetry	Adult, Children	Washington, DC : Review and Herald	1971
	Grace Notes	Poetry	Adult	Washington, Review and Herald Pub. Association	1960
	Grandfather's Farm, and other poems for boys and girls	Poetry	Children	Mountain View, Calif., Pacific Press Pub. Association	1960
	Christopher Cricket	Poetry	Children	Washington, Review and Herald Pub. Association	1955
	Make Believe Journeys - Prose		Children	Washington, D.C. : Review and Herald	1955
	A Child's Book of Verses	Poetry	Children	Washington, DC : Review and Herald	1952
	The Shining Thread, selected poems	Poetry	Children	Mountain View, Calif., Pacific Press Pub. Association	1950
	Whatsoever Things Are Lovely	Poetry	Children	Washington, D.C. : Review and Herald Publishing Association	1948
	Frankincense and Myrrh	Poetry	Children	Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan	1939
	Let's Write a Poem - Prose	Poetry
	Other writings: - Works published in anthologies: Masterpieces of Religious Verse; The Music Makers; Voices from the Fields; and Scott Foresman School Readers	Poetry

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Named first poet laureate of Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs
New York Poetry Center medal for best poem from Michigan at New York World of Tomorrow Fair
Received honors from The Poetry Society of Michigan, Lansing Poetry Club, and the National League of American Pen Women - founding member of the poetry group now known as the Poetry Society of Michigan.

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