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Rachel Field

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born

September 19, 1894 in New York. New York, The United States

died

March 15, 1942

gender

female

genre

Young Adult, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Rachel Lyman Field was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. She is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, published in 1929.

As a child Field contributed to the St. Nicholas Magazine and was educated at Radcliffe College. Her book, Prayer for a Child, was a recipient of the Caldecott Medal for its illustrations by Elizabeth Orton Jones. According to Ruth Hill Vigeurs in her introduction to Rachel Field's children's book Calico Bush published in 1931, Rachel Field was "fifteen when she first visited Maine and fell under the spell of its 'island-scattered coast'. Calico Bush still stands out as a near-perfect re-creation of people and place in a story of courage...more

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Books by Rachel Field

Average rating: 3.77 · 2,482 ratings · 264 reviews · 27 distinct works

	Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field, Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 1,508 ratings — published 1929 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Calico Bush by Rachel Field, Gail Herman, Allen Lewis (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 1931 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field, Elizabeth Orton Jones (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 1968 — 11 editions	My rating:
	All This, and Heaven Too by Rachel Field, Mary Balogh (Foreword) 4.11 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1938 — 4 editions	My rating:
	And Now Tomorrow 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings	My rating:
	Time Out Of Mind 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1935	My rating:
	Grace for an Island Meal 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Rachel Field Story Book by Rachel Field, Adrienne Adams (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1958 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Little Dog Toby 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1928	My rating:
	Hitty: The Life And Adventures Of A Wooden Doll 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1972	My rating:

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Quotes by Rachel Field

“Affections cannot be stolen, madam. They are given freely or not at all.”
― Rachel Field, All This, and Heaven Too

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“And nothing that moves on land or sea
Will seem so beautiful to me
As the girl in pink on the milk-white horse
Cantering over the sawdust course.”
― Rachel Field

1 person liked it

Polls

What Newbery Medal winner would you like to read in June?

1997 - The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

5 votes, 71.4%

1930 - Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field

1 vote, 14.3%

1995 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

1 vote, 14.3%

1992 - Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

0 votes, 0.0%

1946 - Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski

0 votes, 0.0%

7 total votes

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