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Sara Addington

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Sarah Addington
Born1891
Died1940
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Alma materEarlham College
Columbia University
GenreChildren's literature
SpouseHoward Reid

Sarah Addington (1891–1940) was an author of children's books and a newspaper journalist.

Early life

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Addington was born in 1891. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana in 1912. She then studied at Columbia University. She married Howard Carl Reid in 1917.[1][2]

Later life

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During her later life, she made her home in New York City. She died there on November 7, 1940.[3]

Selected works

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The Boy who Lived in Pudding Lane
  • The Boy Who Lived in Pudding Lane: Being a True Account, If Only You Believe It, of the Life and Ways of Santa, Oldest Son of Mr. & Mrs. Claus. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922.
  • Pied Piper of Pudding Lane. Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. OCLC 17400199
  • Round the Year in Pudding Lane. Illustrated by Gertrude Alice Kay. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924. OCLC 6579353
  • Pudding Lane People. Illustrated by Janet Laura Scott. Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1926. OCLC 11418973
  • Jerry Juddkins. 1926.
  • Tommy Tingle Tangle. Illustrated by Gertrude Alice Kay. Joliet: P. F. Volland Company, 1927.
  • Grammar Town. Illustrated by Gertrude Alice Kay. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1927. OCLC 19714125
  • Dance Team. New York: D. Appleton, 1931. OCLC 23761728
  • Hound of Heaven. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1935. OCLC 3711445

References

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  1. ^ Who's Who Among North American Authors. Los Angeles: Golden Syndicate Pub. Co, 1921, p. 8.
  2. ^ Coyle, William. Ohio Authors and Their Books. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1962, p. 3. OCLC 26001827
  3. ^ Coyle, William. Ohio Authors and Their Books. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1962, p. 3. OCLC 26001827
  • Wallace, W. Stewart. A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased Before 1950. Detroit: Gale Research Co, 1968. OCLC 285718
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