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Doris Gates

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The United States

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female

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Children's Books

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A lifelong resident of California, Doris Gates was for many years, she was a librarian for the Fresno County Free Library. However, she is remembered for her many beloved children's books. Of these, the best known and most influential was Blue Willow (1940), selected as a Newbery Honor Book in 1941. Many consider Blue Willow to have been the first realistic, problem novel for children, and it was recognized both for its lasting literary merit and for its expansion of the range of subjects which could be explored in books for children. She died in 1987.

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Books by Doris Gates

Average rating: 3.77 · 908 ratings · 86 reviews · 24 distinct works

	Blue Willow 3.75 avg rating — 756 ratings — published 1940 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Sensible Kate 4.28 avg rating — 46 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Little Vic 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1951 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Morgan for Melinda 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Cat And Mrs. Cary by Doris Gates, Peggy Bacon (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Fair Wind for Troy 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Warrior Goddess: Athena 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Two Queens of Heaven: Aphrodite and Demeter 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lord of the Sky: Zeus 2.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Golden God: Apollo 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	My rating: