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February 13, 2011 | History
Edith Thacher Hurd
3 September 1910 - 25 January 1997
Edith Thacher was born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1933 she graduated from Radcliffe College and moved to New York City, and in 1934 she enrolled in the Bank Street College of Education. There she met fellow student George Hurd, and the two married in 1939. They began creating children's books, she writing and he illustrating. In 1938, she published her first book for children Hurry, Hurry. In 1949, they had a son, Thacher, who is also a children's book illustrator. Over the course of her career, Edith wrote more than seventy-five children's books, many of which were illustrated by Clement.
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Engine, engine, no. 9
1 edition - first published in 1940 -
Sky high
1 edition - first published in 1941 -
Speedy, the hook & ladder truck
1 edition - first published in 1942 -
The wreck of the Wild Wave: being the true account of the wreck of the clipper ship Wild Wave of Boston
2 editions - first published in 1942 -
Jerry the jeep
1 edition - first published in 1945 -
Benny the Bulldozer
1 edition - first published in 1947 -
Willy's farm
1 edition - first published in 1949 -
The galleon from Manila
1 edition - first published in 1949 -
Caboose
1 edition - first published in 1950 -
Old Silversides
1 edition - first published in 1951 -
St. George's Day in Williamsburg
2 editions - first published in 1952 Borrow -
Somebody's house
1 edition - first published in 1953 Borrow -
Nino and his fish
1 edition - first published in 1954 -
The devil's tail: adventures of a printer's apprentice in early Williamsburg.
1 edition - first published in 1954 Borrow -
The cat from Telegraph Hill
2 editions - first published in 1955 -
Mr. Charlie's chicken house
1 edition - first published in 1955 Borrow -
Mary's scary house
2 editions - first published in 1956 -
Mr. Charlie's gas station
1 edition - first published in 1956 -
Windy and the willow whistle
1 edition - first published in 1956 -
Mr. Charlie's camping trip
1 edition - first published in 1957 -
Johnny Littlejohn
1 edition - first published in 1957 -
Fox in a box
1 edition - first published in 1957 -
It's snowing
1 edition - first published in 1957 Borrow -
Mr. Charlie, the fireman's friend
1 edition - first published in 1958 -
Last one home is a green pig
4 editions - first published in 1959 -
Mr. Charlie's pet shop
1 edition - first published in 1959 -
The Golden Hind
1 edition - first published in 1960 -
Mr. Charlie's farm
1 edition - first published in 1960 Borrow -
Sandpipers
3 editions - first published in 1961 Borrow -
Come and Have Fun
5 editions - first published in 1962 DAISY -
Come and Have Fun
1 edition - first published in 1962 -
Starfish
3 editions - first published in 1962 Borrow -
No Funny Business
3 editions - first published in 1962 Borrow -
Follow Tomas
1 edition - first published in 1963 -
Come and Have Fun Hurd Eicr 2
1 edition - first published in 1964 -
Sailers, whalers & steamers: ships that opened the West.
1 edition - first published in 1964 Borrow -
The So-so Cat
1 edition - first published in 1965 DAISY -
The day the sun danced
1 edition - first published in 1965 -
What whale? Where?
1 edition - first published in 1966 -
Who will be mine?
1 edition - first published in 1966 Borrow -
Little dog, dreaming
2 editions - first published in 1967 -
Rain and the valley
1 edition - first published in 1968 -
Blue Heron Tree
3 editions - first published in 1968 Borrow -
This is the forest
1 edition - first published in 1969 -
Johnny Lion's bad day
3 editions - first published in 1970 DAISY -
The white horse
1 edition - first published in 1970 -
Johnny Lion's Bad Day
3 editions - first published in 1970 -
Catfish
5 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
The mother beaver
1 edition - first published in 1971 -
Wilson's World
4 editions - first published in 1971 -
Johnny Lion's rubber boots
2 editions - first published in 1972 DAISY -
The mother deer
1 edition - first published in 1972 Borrow -
Wilkie's world
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
The mother whale
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Johnny Lions Rubber Boots
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
The mother owl
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
The mother kangaroo
1 edition - first published in 1976 -
Look for a bird
1 edition - first published in 1977 -
Dinosaur, my darling
1 edition - first published in 1978 DAISY -
The Mother Chimpanzee
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
Under the lemon tree
1 edition - first published in 1980 -
The black dog who went into the woods
1 edition - first published in 1980 DAISY -
I dance in my red pajamas
1 edition - first published in 1982 -
Song of the sea otter
2 editions - first published in 1983 Borrow -
Johnny Lion's Book
2 editions - first published in 1985 -
the Pea Parch Jig
1 edition - first published in 1990 -
Tomato Soup
1 edition - first published in 1995 -
Starfish
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Starfish
4 editions - first published in 2000 -
Johnny Lion's Bad Day (I Can Read Books: Level 1 (Harper Library))
1 edition - first published in 2001
Edith Thacher Hurd
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Fiction,
Juvenile literature,
In library,
Juvenile fiction,
Cats,
Infancy,
Animals,
Fantasy,
Parental behavior in animals,
Picture books,
Behavior,
Children's stories,
Dogs,
Habits and behavior,
Lending library,
Lion,
Lions,
Aeronautics,
Airplanes,
Beavers,
Birds,
Birthdays,
Boots
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Alternative names
- Juniper Sage
- Edith Thatcher Hurd
History Created April 1, 2008 · 5 revisions
| February 13, 2011 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
| November 19, 2009 | Edited by caf21 | Added pseudonym, added entity type, added to birth date, added to death date, added bio |
| January 2, 2009 | Edited by ImportBot | Found a matching record from Buffalo State College . |
| August 20, 2008 | Edited by RenameBot | fix author name |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |