Caroline Dwight Emerson

Caroline Dwight Emerson (March 14, 1891 – December 19, 1973) was an American writer of children's books and an educator.[1][2][3]

Biography

Emerson was born on March 14, 1891, in Amherst, Massachusetts to Benjamin Kendall Emerson and Mary Annette (Hopkins) Emerson.[3]

She taught at the Brearley School from 1918 – 1935 and was the elementary director at the Spence School in New York from 1935 to 1949.[1][3] She earned a Bachelor of Science from Columbia University in 1930.[3]

Emerson published more than a dozen books during her career as a writer.[3]

Emerson died at Harrington Memorial Hospital in Southbridge, Massachusetts on December 19, 1973.[1][3]

Selected works

• A Merry-Go-Round of Modern Tales. Illustrated by Lois Lenski. Dutton, 1927.[4]
• Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck. Illustrated by Lois Lenski. Dutton, 1930.[5]
• Father's Big Improvements. Scholastic, 1936.[6][7]
• Old New York for Young New Yorkers; published later as New York City, Old and New. Illustrated by Alida Conover. Dutton, 1932, 1937, 1953.[8][9][10][11][12]
• Indian Hunting Grounds. Illustrated by Remington Schuyler. J. B. Lippincott, 1938.[13][14]
• School Days in Disneyville. Walt Disney Productions, 1939.[15][16]
• Mickey Sees the U.S.A. D.C. Heath and Company, 1944.[17]
• The Little Green Car. Grosset, 1946. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.[18][19]
• Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck in the Air. Illustrated by W.C. Nims. Dutton, 1946.[20][21]
• Make Way for the Thruway. Golden Press, 1961.[22]
• The Magic Tunnel. Stokes, 1940; Scholastic, 1964.[23][24][25][26]
• All in a Day's Work. Wonder Books, 1964.[27]
• New Amsterdam; Old Holland in the New World. Illustrated by Harvey Kidder. Garrard Publishing Company, 1967.[28]

References

1. "Caroline D. Emerson". The New York Times. 1973-12-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
2. Good Housekeeping. International Magazine Company. 1927.
3. "Caroline D. Emerson." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale, 2002. Gale Literature Resource Center. Accessed 19 Apr. 2023.
4. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1927). A Merry-go-round of Modern Tales. E.P. Dutton.
5. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1930). Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck. E.P. Dutton.
6. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1960). Father's Big Improvements. Scholastic Book Services.
7. "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
8. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1937). Old New York for Young New Yorkers. E.P. Dutton & Company, Incorporated.
9. "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
10. Emerson, Caroline D. (1953). New York City, Old and New. Dutton.
11. "History of New York written for young folk". The Buffalo News. 1932-10-29. p. 21. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
12. "New York Day by Day". Hinton Daily News. 1932-07-26. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
13. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1938). Indian Hunting Grounds. Frederick A. Stokes Company.
14. "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
15. Productions, Walt Disney; Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1939). School Days in Disneyville. D.C. Heath and Company.
16. Emerson, Caroline D. (1939). School Days in Disneyville. Heath.
17. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1944). Mickey Sees the U.S.A. D.C. Heath and Company.
18. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1946). Little Green Car. Grosset.
19. "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
20. Story Parade. Story parade, Incorporated. 1946.
21. New York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art. Arno Press. 1970.
22. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1961). Make Way for the Thruway. Golden Press.
23. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1966). The Magic Tunnel. Scholastic Book Services.
24. Emerson, D. Caroline (1964). Magic Tunnel. New York Scholastic Book Service.
25. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1972). The Magic Tunnel: A Story of Old New York. SRA, Science Research Associates.
26. "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
27. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1964). All in a Day's Work. Wonder Books.
28. Emerson, Caroline Dwight (1967). New Amsterdam; Old Holland in the New World. Garrard Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8116-6903-0.

External links

• Caroline D. Emerson on Goodreads
• "The Contemporaneous in Fairy Lore" in The Horn Book Magazine