Miriam Young
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Description
Miriam Young (1913- September 12, 1974) was an American writer best known for children's books. She also wrote Mother Wore Tights, a memoir about growing up in a vaudeville family, which was adapted as the 1947 film of the same name, a "Hollywood supermusical".
Books
No place for Mitty
Due to family finances following her parents' separation, Mitty McKenley moves from nineteenth-century San Francisco to her grandparents' farm and then to the home of a very strict aunt.
Truth and consequences
A sixth grade girl almost ruins her relationship with her best friend until she learns to temper her honesty with a little tact.
If I rode a horse
A boy imagines the things he would do if he had different kinds of horses.
Beware the polar bear!
Scott and his little sister learn some of the rules of ice skating through trial and error. Includes questions and answers about the safety rules in a separate section.
If I drove a tractor
A young boy imagines himself driving a variety of tractors.
The witch mobile
Four little witches spend their days riding a toy shop mobile but at night all except the youngest practice witchcraft.
If I rode a dinosaur
A child fantasizes about riding different kinds of dinosaurs.
A witch's garden
Convinced that Mrs. Matthews, the new neighbor, is a witch, twelve-year-old Jenny debates whether to expose her or exorcise her.
A bear named George
A teddy bear and his friend, the cat pajama bag, have many misadventures before they find an owner who appreciates them.
Christy and the cat jail
A girl who captures and makes a prisoner of a cat she hates grows to love it.
Peas in a Pod
A little girl describes all the wonderful and fun things she and her daddy can do together.
Billy and Milly
Every time Billy tries to be friendly to the new girl on the block she has something better to do, until, one day, Billy is so angry he takes out his water pistol and makes a special call.
Slow as a snail, quick as a bird
A little girl watches two caterpillars go through the process of becoming butterflies.
King Basil's birthday
Three children disrupt the palace of a lonely king and completely change his life.
Miss Suzy's Easter surprise
Miss Suzy loves her home dearly but then four orphan squirrels turn up that need love too.
Miss Suzy's birthday
Miss Suzy's adopted children and forest friends try to think of a special gift for her birthday.
If I sailed a boat
A little boy imagines the different adventures he would have on fourteen different kinds of boats.
If I drove a truck
A youngster debates the fine points of the trucks he would like to drive: the snow plow, delivery truck, dump truck, and the fire engine.
Can't you pretend?
Problems arise when Cathy and Chris try to play together because Cathy can't pretend to be a hairy monster and Chris can't pretend to be a mother.