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Lavinia R. Davis


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The United States
Genre
Children's Books, Mystery & Thrillers


Lavinia Riker Davis (1906-1961) was the author of over forty books, published under her own name, and the pseudonym Wendell Farmer. She wrote picture-books, children's novels, and both juvenile and adult mysteries. She also wrote short stories, many of them published in children's magazines such as St Nicholas.

Two of her picture-books, Roger and the Fox (1948) and The Wild Birthday Cake (1950), both illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, were Caldecott Honor Books. ...more

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Average rating: 3.46 · 234 ratings · 75 reviews · 50 distinct works
Hobby Horse Hill
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3.75 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1939 — 9 editions
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Roger and the Fox
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3.24 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1947
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The Wild Birthday Cake
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liked it 3.00 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1949
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Melody, Mutton Bone, and Sam
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4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1947 — 5 editions
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Danny's Luck
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1953 — 4 editions
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Buttonwood Island
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3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1940 — 6 editions
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Hearts in Trim
3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1954
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Janey's Fortune
3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1957 — 5 editions
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Stand Fast and Reply
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1943
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Donkey Detectives
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4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions
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