. . . that Marguerite Lofft
deAngeli was born on March 14, 1889, in Lapeer,
Michigan?
. . . that she moved to
Philadelphia with her family when she was a teenager.
. . .she wanted to become a
singer until she met John deAngeli and married him in
1910?
. . .they had five
children--John, Arthur, H. Edward, Nina, and Maurice?
. . .that because of her
interest in immigrant and ethnic Americans, she wrote books about
children from many cultures who settled in the Mid Atlantic region
of the United States?
. . .the deAngeli's lived in
Toms River, New Jersey?
. . .that she died in 1987 at
the age of 98?
. . .she also wrote
Henner's Lydia, Up the Hill, Thee Hannah, Jared's Island, Black
Fox of Lorne, Copper-toed Boots, Just Like David, The Old
Testament, Petite Suzanne, A Pocket Full of Posies, Skippack
School and Yonie Wondernose?
another title, Bright
April, was one of the first books to deal with racial
prejudice?
. . .The Door in the
Wall is her best known story having won the John Newbery
Award. It is set in medieval England during the time of the plague
and when England and Wales were at war.
. . .her autobiography is
called Buttermilk at Any Price?
