Natalie Babbitt

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July 28, 1932 in Dayton, Ohio, The United States

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Children's Books

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Natalie Babbitt was born Natalie Zane Moore on July 28, 1932, in Dayton, Ohio. She attended Laurel School for Girls, and then Smith College. She has 3 children and is married to Samuel Fisher Babbitt. She is a grandmother of 3 and lives in Rhode Island.

She is also a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.

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Books by Natalie Babbitt

Average rating: 3.78 · 61,671 ratings · 3,474 reviews · 28 distinct works

	Tuck Everlasting 3.78 avg rating — 58,727 ratings — published 1975 — 80 editions	My rating:
	The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt, Marlene Bernstein Samuels 3.95 avg rating — 1,047 ratings — 16 editions	My rating:
	Kneeknock Rise (Sunburst Book) 3.52 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 1970 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Eyes of the Amaryllis 3.80 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1977 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Devil's Storybook 4.15 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Jack Plank Tells Tales 3.45 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Devil's Other Storybook 3.88 avg rating — 91 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Goody Hall 3.59 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Moon Over High Street 2.93 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Ouch!: A Tale from Grimm by Natalie Babbitt, Fred Marcellino (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

tags: life

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“Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

tags: elegance , philosophy , simplicity

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“dont be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

tags: life

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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

26 votes, 24.5%

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

24 votes, 22.6%

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

21 votes, 19.8%

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

16 votes, 15.1%

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

14 votes, 13.2%

Waterslain Angels by Kevin Crossley-Holland

5 votes, 4.7%

106 total votes

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