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Ellen MacGregor (1906–1954)

Autor/a de Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars

23+ obres 1,573 Membres 19 Ressenyes

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Miss Pickerell and the War of the Computers (1984) — Originator — 22 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1906-05-15
Data de defunció
1954-03-29
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Llocs de residència
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Key West, Florida, USA
Wisconsin, USA
Washington, USA
Educació
University of Washington
University of California, Berkeley
Professions
librarian
science fiction writer
children's book author
Organitzacions
Society of Midland Authors
Children's Reading Round Table
Authors League
Biografia breu
Ellen MacGregor was born in Baltimore, Maryland and educated in schools in Garfield and Kent, Washington. She attended the University of Washington at Seattle, where she received a bachelor of science degree in library sciences in 1926. She also did postgraduate work in science at the University of California, Berkeley. In her career as a librarian, she worked in many locations including Hilo, Hawaii; Chicago, Illinois; and Key West, Florida. She was an editor of the Illinois Women’s Press Association’s monthly bulletin, Pen Points. In 1950, she began to publish comic short stories about the extraordinary and amazing travels of a prim New England spinster named Miss Lavinia Pickerell. The first in the series of science fiction novels for children for which Ellen MacGregor became famous, Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars, appeared in 1951. The books provided children with enjoyable fantasy literature containing accurate scientific facts. Three more Miss Pickerel novels followed before Ellen MacGregor's early death at age 47. McGraw-Hill, her publishers, searched unsuccessfully for someone to continue the series until 1964, when they selected Dora Pantell, a social worker and textbooks writer. She used notes left by Ellen MacGregor to create further Miss Pickerell novels until 1986.

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This is a fun little book. It is a bit dated but the boys loved it.
 
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Luziadovalongo | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Jul 14, 2022 |
Fun to read, and my son loved it (he said 5 stars). Written a few years before anyone actually landed in the moon, and very predictable, but still fun.
 
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emrsalgado | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jul 23, 2021 |
So dated! But my 7 year old enjoyed it anyway, although several times I had to stop and explain how the science in the book was inaccurate.
 
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emrsalgado | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jul 23, 2021 |

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Obres
23
També de
1
Membres
1,573
Popularitat
#16,418
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
19
ISBN
48
Llengües
1

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