Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Born	October 25, 1875 Hoosick Falls, New York
Died	December 23, 1961 Concord, Massachusetts
Occupation	Writer
Alma mater	Teachers' College, Columbia
Notable awards	Newbery Medal 1947
Spouse	Eben C. Hill, 1936

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (October 25, 1875 – December 23, 1961) was an American children's author. She was born in Hoosick Falls, New York and attended Teachers College, Columbia University, from which she graduated in 1896. She contributed to the Ladies' Home Journal and other magazines. She published volumes of stories for children like methods of story telling, teaching children and other related subjects, which include Boys and Girls of Colonial Days (1917); Broad Stripes and Bright Stars (1919); Hero Stories (1919); Tops and Whistles (1937), and The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings (1945). She wrote For the Children's Hour (1906) in collaboration with Clara M. Lewis. In 1947, her book Miss Hickory won the Newbery Medal.

See also

"What Happened In Chestnut Grove", a vintage Arbor Day story, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, from her book Stories For Every Holiday published 1918.

• New International Encyclopedia

External links

• Media related to Carolyn Sherwin Bailey at Wikimedia Commons
• Miss Hickory Study Guide. BookRags.com. Retrieved July 7, 2006
• Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present. American Library Association. Retrieved July 7, 2006.
• Full text of Hero Stories, Milton Bradley Company, 1919.
• Works by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Carolyn Sherwin Bailey at the Internet Archive
• Works by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Carolyn Sherwin Bailey at Library of Congress, with 107 library catalog records