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Esther Averill

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born

July 24, 1902 in Bridgeport, Connecticut , The United States

died

May 12, 1992

gender

female

genre

Children's Books

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Esther Averill (1902-1992) began her career as a storyteller drawing cartoons for her local newspaper. After graduating from Vassar College in 1923, she moved first to New York City and then to Paris, where she founded her own publishing company. The Domino Press introduced American readers to artists from all over the world, including Feodor Rojankovsky, who later won a Caldecott Award. In 1941, Esther Averill returned to the United States and found a job in the New York Public Library while continuing her work as a publisher. She wrote her first book about the red-scarfed, mild-mannered cat Jenny Linsky in 1944, modeling its heroine on her own shy cat. Esther Averill would eventually write twelve more tales about Miss Linsky and her frien...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 1,956 ratings · 189 reviews · 19 distinct works

	The Fire Cat (An I Can Read Book: Level 1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,301 ratings — published 1960 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Jenny And The Cat Club: A Collection Of Favorite Stories About Jenny Linsky 4.35 avg rating — 270 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Hotel Cat 4.26 avg rating — 84 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The School for Cats 4.08 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1947	My rating:
	Jenny Goes to Sea 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Jenny's Moonlight Adventure 4.20 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1949 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Jenny's Birthday Book 4.00 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Captains of the City Streets: A Jenny's Cat Club Book 4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Jenny's Adopted Brothers 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings	My rating:
	The Cat Club 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1944	My rating:

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