Kate Seredy





Kate Seredy

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born
November 10, 1896 in Hungary

died
March 07, 1975

gender
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Seredy (Serédy Kató) was a gifted writer and illustrator, born in Hungary, who moved to the United States in 1922. She is best known for The Good Master, written in 1935, and for the Newbery Award winner, The White Stag.


Average rating: 3.96 · 2,027 ratings · 250 reviews · 21 distinct works
The Good Master
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 1935 — 9 editions
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The White Stag
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 1937 — 6 editions
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The Singing Tree
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 1939 — 8 editions
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A Tree for Peter
4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1941 — 2 editions
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The Chestry Oak
4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1948 — 3 editions
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The Open Gate
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1943
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Philomena
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions
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The Christmas Anna Angel
3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1944
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The Tenement Tree
4.83 of 5 stars 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1959
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Lazy Tinka
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1962
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More books by Kate Seredy…
“All we know, Midnight. The best of all we know. For Chestry Valley and its master we loved. For Nana. For Sugarloaf and Brimstone Farm. For Pop and Mom and Tom. For the foals to come. For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know. For good-by.”
Kate Seredy, The Chestry Oak

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