Elizabeth Enright

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born

September 17, 1909 in Oak Park, IL, The United States

died

June 08, 1968

gender

female

genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Elizabeth Enright (1907-1968) was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York City. Her mother was a magazine illustrator, while her father was a political cartoonist. Illustration was Enright's original career choice and she studied art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Paris, France; and New York City. After creating her first book in 1935, she developed a taste, and quickly demonstrated a talent, for writing. Throughout her life, she won many awards, including the 1939 John Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer and a 1958 Newbery Honor for Gone-Away Lake. Among her other beloved children's titles are her books about the Melendy family, including The Saturdays, published in 1941. Enright also wrote short stories for adu...more

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Books by Elizabeth Enright

Average rating: 4.11 · 7,768 ratings · 738 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright, Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 1,699 ratings — published 1973 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Saturdays 4.22 avg rating — 1,637 ratings — published 1941 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Thimble Summer 3.68 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 1938 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Four-Story Mistake 4.35 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 1942 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Then There Were Five 4.33 avg rating — 704 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright, Joe & Beth Krush (Illustrations) 4.14 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 1961 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze 4.18 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 1951 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Melendy Family 4.60 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1947 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Tatsinda by Elizabeth Enright, Katie Thamer Treherne (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Zeee 3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings	My rating:

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Series by Elizabeth Enright

The Melendy Family (4 books)
by Elizabeth Enright

4.27 avg rating — 3,512 ratings

Gone-Away Lake (2 books)
by Elizabeth Enright, Joe & Beth Krush (Illustrations)

4.13 avg rating — 2,263 ratings

Quotes by Elizabeth Enright

“Grownups! Everyone remembers them. How strange and even sad it is that we never became what they were: beings noble, infallible, and free. We never became them. One of the things we discover as we live is that we never become anything different from what we are. We are no less ourselves at forty than we were at four, and because of this we know grownups as Grownups only once in life: during our own childhood. We never meet them in our lives again, and we will miss them always.”
― Elizabeth Enright, Doublefields: Memories and Stories

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“Now isn't that nice!' said the old lady. 'If cousins are the right kind, they're best of all: kinder than sisters and brothers, and closer than friends.”
― Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

8 people liked it

“Maybe we benefit from the providence of others more often than we know.”
― Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

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