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Claire Huchet Bishop (1899 – 13 March 1993) was a children's novelist and librarian, winner of the Newbery Honor for Pancakes-Paris and All Alone, and the Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten. The Five Chinese Brothers won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959.

An American born in France or Geneva, Switzerland, Bishop attended the Sorbonne and started the first children's library in France. After moving to the United States, she worked for the New York City Public Library and was an apologist for Roman Catholicism and an opponent of antisemitism.

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Average rating: 4.10 · 6,344 ratings · 265 reviews · 20 distinct works

	The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese 4.13 avg rating — 5,570 ratings — published 1938 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop, Janet Joly 3.96 avg rating — 669 ratings — published 1952 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Man Who Lost His Head by Claire Huchet Bishop, Robert McCloskey (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1942 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Secret Cave 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1952	My rating:
	All Alone 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1953 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Pancakes-Paris 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Truffle Pig 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	The Big Loop 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1955	My rating:
	Georgette by Claire Huchet Bishop, Ursula Landshoff (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating:
	Twenty-Two Bears by Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating: