Phyllis McGinley
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Phyllis McGinley (March 21, 1905 – February 22, 1978) was an American author of children's books and poetry. Her poetry was in the style of light verse, specializing in humor, satiric tone and the positive aspects of suburban life. She won a Pulitzer prize in 1961. McGinley enjoyed a wide readership in her lifetime, publishing her work in newspapers and women's magazines such as the Ladies Home Journal, as well as in literary periodicals, including The New Yorker, The Saturday Review and The Atlantic. She also held nearly a dozen honorary degrees – "including one from the stronghold of strictly masculine pride, Dartmouth College" (from the dust jacket of Sixpence in Her Shoe (copy 1964)). Time Magazine featured McGinley on its cover on June 18, 1965.
Books
Man against woman
Boys are awful
Very cute Childrens story!! A girl and her friend Annabelle Lucy. They talk about all the reasons they don't like boys and why they are glad they are girls. It ends with Annabelle Lucy thinking boys aren't as bad as they thought. :)
Wonders and surprises
The author's selection of poems by contemporary English, Welsh, and American poets.
Prentice Hall Literature--Silver
Grade Level 7-9
The most wonderful doll in the world
The memory of the doll Dulcy lost becomes more wonderful and exaggerated each time she talks about it.
The make-believe twins
Peter and Penny's favorite game is pretending they are different things, such as boats, lions, or pirates.
Love letters of Phyllis McGinley
Light verse, including her poems of the saints.
The B book
A butterfly, blackbird, and boy named Billy assure a brown bumble bee that the best thing to be is a bee.
Kitty on the farm
A boy tries to find the perfect name for his kitty.
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Selections include: ... - [Young Goodman Brown]( by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge]( by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings]( by Kate Chopin - [The Cask of Amontillado]( - [Fall of the House of Usher]( - [The Glass Menagerie]( by Tennesse Williams
Mince pie and mistletoe
Records in verse the Christmas customs of various times and places in the United States.
Plain Princess
The King and Queen plan a birthday party for their daughter Esmeralda, showering her with gifts and toys, ordering a feast with entertainment, and inviting a neighboring Prince to play with her. But the Princess is in a sulky mood, and throwing one of her royal tantrums, she goads the usually well-mannered Prince into declaring what no one has ever dared to admit that she is a plain Princess. Faced at last with the truth, the Princess falls into a genuine decline, and her parents offer a great reward to anyone who can make her beautiful. All the wise men try, without success. Finally, the royal dustwoman, Dame Goodwit, offers to make the Princess beautiful in three months if the Princess will come and live in her cottage with her three daughters. The changes that take place are only natural ones; but when the Princess learns to do a truly unselfish thing, her mouth turns up, her nose turns down, and her eyes sparkle like the candles on a birthday cake.
Wonders and surprises; a collection of poems
An anthology of poems in English, new and old, organized into thematic sections.