Eleanor Frances Lattimore
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Description
Eleanor Frances Lattimore was an born in what "the American Compound" in Shanghai, where her father, David Lattimore, taught English at a Chinese government university. She was the sister of poet and classics translator Richmond Lattimore and of China expert Owen Lattimore. In 1920, her father took a position as professor of Chinese studies at Dartmouth College, and she moved with her family to Hanover, New Hampshire. She studied art in Oakland, California, Boston, and New York City, and then worked as a freelance artist. She went on to But she became known as the author and illustrator of more than fifty popular children's books. A number of her stories are based on her experiences growing up in China. Her first book, Little Pear (1943), is considered a children's classic.
Books
Junior
A major national media event when published in hardcover, this startlingly original work of fiction introduces a new side of a well-known personality. Meet Junior. He does not know how to write a book. (Except -- maybe -- for this one.) His therapist says he has issues with closure. (Granted, this book has seven endings.) This is not a novel. (Everything in it is entirely true -- except for the large portions that are completely fictional.) And finally, Junior has no issues with his father. (Nope, really, not a single one.) In a dizzying kaleidoscope of words and images, Macaulay Culkin takes readers on a twisted tour to the darkest corners of his fertile imagination. Part memoir, part rant, part comedic tour de force, Junior is full of the hard-won wisdom of Culkin's quest to come to terms with the awesome pressures of childhood mega-stardom and family dysfunction. Searingly honest, brain-teasingly inventive, Junior is breathtaking proof that Culkin has found his own utterly original voice.
Jasper
Describes the day-to-day adventures of a little Negro boy who lives on an island, including how he learns to tie his shoelaces and tell time, and how he finally makes a boat trip around the island.
The little tumbler
A little Chinese tumbler who has been lost from his family for years joins the traveling troup of a cruel conjurer whose wanderings eventually lead him to his real home.
More about Little Pear
During his school vacation seven-year-old Little Pear helps a neighbor build a brick wall, learns the truth about dragons, and enjoys a visit from his grandmother.
The two Helens
Young Helen meets and tames Great-aunt Helen whom her parents refer to as "the Dragon."
Bird song
When circumstances give her a chance to stay one more year on her grandparents' southern farm after her mother remarries, a little girl has time to accept the idea of leaving the farm to go live in the city with her mother, "father," and new baby brother.
Jeremy's Isle
When he finally learns to row and swim, a little boy is allowed to go to the island a little offshore from his family's plantation.
Holly in the snow
While spending Christmas on her grandparents' farm, a little girl experiences the excitement of a blizzard and learns the problems as well as the fun of living where it snows.
The taming of tiger
When his family moves to the suburbs to get away from the rough downtown neighborhood, eight-year-old Benjamin discovers not all his problems have been left behind.
Janetta's magnet
A little girl's new magnet causes a bully in her high-rise apartment building to start teasing her, but she eventually learns not to be afraid of him.
The journey of Ching Lai
When Ching Lai visits the mountain temple and sees the sea far in the distance, his fondest wish is to travel to the seashore and see the boats.
The bus trip
Two children take a two-day bus trip to visit their grandparents in Pennsylvania.
Bells for a Chinese donkey
Five-year-old Kwei-li lived in a village on the seacoast of China, called Locust Village because of the locusts that sang in the pine trees in the square. When Kwei-li's father and her brother Shan brought back a donkey from the fair, she was overjoyed. She had seen just such a donkey ridden by a rich little girl whose summer home was on the beach. The only difference was that the new donkey had no jingling bells - and Kwei-li longed for them
Beachcomber boy
A young boy wants to be a beachcomber and spend his summer selling sea shells to tourists, until he finds out what a real beachcomber is like and becomes interested in playing baseball with his new friends.
The girl on the deer
A young girl with a governess feels sorry for the "poor" children who go to the public school until mysterious things begin to happen while her parents are away and, in need of a friend, she discovers she is the one who is "poor" and lonely.
Adam's key
The youngest of five children finds a master key that not only enables him to help in emergencies but gives him the self-confidence he lacks.
Laurie and Company
A little girl makes some new friends, gets a puppy to train, learns to sew toy animals which she can sell, and learns the differences in living in the city and suburbs.
Three little Chinese girls
This book tells the story of three little girls in Peiku China. Jade, who is 9 years old, Pearl, who is 7 years old, and Jasmine, who is 5 years old.It tells of the girls' adventures as they visit new and exciting places in their city.
Proudfoot's way
Left alone at their farm with a housekeeper she dislikes while her father starts a new medical practice in a neighboring state, nine-year-old Phoebe runs away.