Books by Authors Born in May.
These are all fine books to read, and many are award winners.
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1985
When a mail order bride arrives to live with their widowed father and them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by her and hope that she will stay. A John Newbery Medal Book by author MacLauchlan, who was actually born on March 3, 1938 (but the webmaster was told originally by the Estabrook Librarian, when he was making this web page for her, that it was May 3, 1938 so her book is still on this page).
Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni, Pantheon Books, New York, 1970
The story of a minnow and a tadpole who remain friends even when the tadpole turns into a frog who can leave the water. Leo Lionni, whose illustrations are as wonderful as his stories in this, and many other, books, was born on May 5, 1910.
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, drawings by Garth Williams, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY 1960
Chester, the cricket, spends an exciting and adventure filled summer in New York after being carried there in a picnic basket. George Selden, who was a Newbery Award runner-up in 1961, was born on May 14,1929.
The Friendly Four by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrest, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2006
This is a book of poems about four friends who share a summer of experiences. Eloise Greenfield was born on May 17, 1929.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Bradbury Press, New York, 1987
After a plane crash on the way to see his father, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive intially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and also learns to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Gary Paulsen, who is a Newbery Honor winner for Dogsong, was born on May 17, 1939.
The Moffats by Eleanor Estes, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, An Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic, Harcourt Inc., New York 1941
The story of some of the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat children , who live with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury Connecticut. Eleanor Estes who also wrote several other books about the Moffats was born on May 9, 1906.
A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hobann, pictures by Lillian Hoban, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1964
How Frances, the badger, learns to cope with having a new sister in the family. Lillian Hoban, whose pictures are delightful was born on May 18, 1925 .
Days With Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1979
Frog and Toad spend their time together but find that sometimes it is nice to be alone. Arnold Lobel, who won an ALA Notable Children's Book award for this book, was born on May 22, 1933.
The Boggart by Susan Cooper, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York,1993
After visting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited, and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, which is an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes. Susan Cooper was born on May 23, 1935.
Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, pictures by Clement Hurd, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1947
This classic bedtime story, that almost everyone knows from hearing it read to them as a child or from reading it to their children, was written by Margaret Wise Brown who was born on May 23, 1910.
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, drawings by Alton Raible, Atheneum, New York, 1980
Sixth graders April and Melanie develop a game about the land of ancient Egypt in an abandoned storage yard, that leads to a fall and winter to remember. Author Zilpha Keatley Snyder, who won a Newbery Honor prize for this much reprinted book in 1968, was born on May 11, 1928.
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