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Rachel Lyman Field (September 19, 1894 – March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and children's fiction writer. She is best known for her work Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. Field also won a National Book Award, Newbery Honor award and two of her books are on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list. Life Field was a descendant of David Dudley Field, the early New England clergyman and writer. She grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Her first published work was an essay entitled "A Winter Walk" printed in St. Nicholas Magazine when she was 16. She was educated at Radcliffe College where she studied writing under George Pierce Baker. According to Ruth Hill Viguers, Field was "fifteen when she first visited Maine and fell under the spell of its 'island-scattered coast'. Calico Bush [1931] still stands out as a near-perfect re-creation of people and place in a story of courage, understated and beautiful." Field married Arthur S. Pederson in 1935, with whom she collaborated in 1937 on To See Ourselves. In 1938 one of her plays was adapted for the British film The Londonderry Air. She was also successful as an author of adult fiction, writing the bestsellers Time Out of Mind (1935), All This and Heaven Too (1938), and And Now Tomorrow (1942). Field also wrote the English lyrics for the version of Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" used in the Disney film Fantasia. She moved to Hollywood, where she lived with her husband and daughter. Rachel Field died at the Good Samaritan Hospital on March 15, 1942, of pneumonia following an operation. Awards Hitty, Her First Hundred Years received the Newbery Award in 1930, for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." As a publicity stunt, Field was informed of her win via radio by a group of librarians and ALA President Milton J. Ferguson who were flying in a second plane as Field flew from New Mexico to Los Angeles. The 1944 (posthumous) Prayer for a Child, with a story by Field and illustrations by Elizabeth Orton Jones, won the Caldecott Medal recognizing the year's "most distinguished picture book for children" published in the U.S. Hitty and Prayer for a Child were both named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list of books deemed to belong "on the same bookshelf" with Carroll's Alice. Prayer for a Child was one of the seventeen inaugural selections in 1958, which were originally published 1893 to 1957. Hitty was added in 1961. Time Out of Mind won one of the inaugural National Book Awards as the Most Distinguished Novel of 1935, voted by the American Booksellers Association. Selected works 1924, The Pointed People, poetry 1924, Cinderella Married, A Comedy in One Act, drama 1924, Six Plays, drama 1926, Taxis and Toadstools, poetry 1926, Eliza and the Elves, fiction 1926, An Alphabet for Boys and Girls, poetry 1927, The Magic Pawnshop, fiction 1927, The Cross-Stitch Heart And Other One-Act Plays, drama 1928, Little Dog Toby, fiction 1929, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, fiction—winner of the 1930 Newbery Medal 1930, A Circus Garland: Poems, poetry 1931, Calico Bush, fiction 1931, The Bad Penny: A Drama in One Act, drama 1932, Hepatica Hawks, fiction (translated into German by Annemarie Böll "Die Tochter des Riesen") 1933, Just Across The Street, fiction 1934, Branches Green, poetry (including "Something Told the Wild Geese") 1934, Susanna B And William C, fiction 1934, God's Pocket, historical non-fiction 1935, Time Out Of Mind , fiction 1936, Fear Is the Thorn, poetry 1936, First Class Matter: A Comedy in One Act, drama 1937, To See Ourselves, by Field and her husband Arthur Pederson, fiction 1938, All This and Heaven Too, based on the true story of Field's great-aunt, Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, and made into a movie, All This, and Heaven Too, in 1940. 1938(?), The Londonderry Air, drama; produced as a film, The Londonderry Air (1938) 1940(?), "Ave Maria" lyrics for the film Fantasia (1940) 1940, All Through the Night, nativity story 1942, And Now Tomorrow, fiction 1944, Prayer for a Child, fiction, picture book illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones—winner of the 1945 Caldecott Medal See also Children's literature portal Novels portal Poetry portal References External links Papers, 1845–1942—finding aid at Radcliffe College Archives, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University (2007) Rachel Field collection at the Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Smith College Special Collections Rachel Field Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.. Discover the Rachel Field popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Rachel Field books.
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The Great Hamster Rescue
Lily Roscoe & Tony NealHow do you rescue a rat who’d rather be relaxing?! Find out in this hilarious caper from Lily Roscoe and Tony Neal Rita ‘Roberella’ Rat is the leader of The Rat Burglars – t...
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Dave the Lonely Monster
Anna KempMonstrous beasts have feelings too! This lively story of a lonely monster called Dave, who lives all alone in a retirement cave, is a lighthearted reminder that we should tr...
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Lake Child
Isabel AshdownYou trust your family. They love you. Don't they?When 17yearold Eva Olsen awakes after a horrific accident that has left her bedbound, her parents are right by her side. Devoted, t...
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Time Out of Mind
Rachel Field<p><b>Time Out of Mind</b> by <b>Rachel Field</b>: Experience a timeless love story in Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field. This novel weaves a tale of r...
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The Other Couple
Sarah J. NaughtonTHE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'I am sleep deprived having stayed awake desperate to find out what happened!' reader reviewFor fans of Clare Mackintosh's LET ME LIE, Cara Hunter's CLOSE...
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Her Last Request
Mari Hannah'Terrific' Ian RankinSome victims leave clues to their killers...A Hidden ClueA victim leaves a note for the SIO who will investigate her death. This not what DCI Kate Daniels expe...
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Blutroter Schatten
Patricia WalterDeinem Schatten kannst du nicht entkommenInnerhalb weniger Tage werden in München mehrere Leichen gefunden, bei denen jeweils ein Zettel liegt: "Mit den besten Empfehlungen von Tho...
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This Messy Magnificent Life
Geneen RothGeneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God, explains how to take the journey to find one’s own best self in this “beautiful, funny, deeply relevant”...
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Shadow Man
Margaret Kirk'Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences.' Val McDermid THE FIRST COMPELLING SCOTTISH CRIME THRILLER IN THE GRIPPING DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIESTwo sistersJust befo...
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The Insider
Mari Hannah'If you read only one police procedural this year, make it The Insider.' Daily MailThe thrilling second novel in the acclaimed Stone and Oliver series by awardwinning author, Mari ...
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In the Blood
Margaret KirkThe bloated remains of a man are discovered bound to a derelict pier in Orkney and newly promoted DCI Lukas Mahler dispatches a team to investigate. But when the body is identified...
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Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller
Meredith IrelandToday Tonight Tomorrow meets A Pho Love Story in this whipsmart young adult novel about a girl who embarks on a “breezy road trip romp” (Publishers Weekly) with her longtime rival ...
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The Search
Howard LinskeyA missing child. A terrifying killer. A gripping serial killer thriller, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter's Close to Home.Susan Verity was only ten when she went missing. For years ...
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Supertato Veggies in the Valley of Doom
Sue Hendra & Paul LinnetJoin Supertato, the veggies and a certain Evil Pea on a superfun supermarket adventure in the bestselling SUPERTATO series by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet!...
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The Favourite
Ophelia Field'An incredible story crackling with royal passion, envy, ambition and betrayal ... Field's account of the psychological power play between Queen Anne and her confidante is surely d...
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Mad Joy
Jane BaileyA heartwarming and passionate tale from the author of Tommy Glover's Sketch of HeavenAt the age of five I ran into a wood, and nearly two years later I walked out of it and into th...
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Tote Asche
Patricia WalterTraue niemandem schon gar nicht dir selbst!Kira Roth ist entsetzt, als sie in ihrer Wohnung die ausgegrabene Urne mit der Asche ihrer kürzlich verstorbenen Mutter findet. Daneben ...
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Her Last Breath
Alison BelshamA gripping new detective series set in Brighton for readers who enjoy Peter James' Roy Grace series.When a young woman is attacked and left fighting to survive in hospital, the pol...
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The Buried
Sharon BoltonAN OLD ENEMY IS LAID TO REST . . . AND A NEW CRIME IS DISCOVEREDFlorence Lovelady, the most senior serving policewoman in Britain, visits convicted serial killer Larry Glassbrook i...
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Summertime
Danielle CelermajerI went and sat alone where Jimmy has been lying. It is way down in the bush. The light is soft, the air and the earth are cool, and the smell is of leaves and the river. I cannot p...
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Supertato
Sue Hendra & Paul LinnetThe first book in the bestselling SUPERTATO series by picture book superstars Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! SUPERTATO – now on CBeebies! Meet Supertato! He's always there ...
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Shadow of a Doubt
Michelle Davies'Pure suspense, where past and present collide with chilling results' Erin Kelly'A hugely entertaining, fastpaced thriller' Caz Frear'It's a pitchperfect blend of ghostly terror an...
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Only a Mother
Elisabeth Carpenter'An addictive new talent' Helen FieldsONLY A MOTHER . . .Erica Wright hasn't needed to scrub 'MURDERER' off her house in over a year. Life is almost quiet again. Then her son, Crai...
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And Now Tomorrow
Rachel Field<b>And Now Tomorrow</b> by <b>Rachel Field</b>: Embark on a journey of love, resilience, and selfdiscovery in And Now Tomorrow by Rachel Field. This novel e...