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Rachel Field

Born

in New York. New York, The United States

September 19, 1894

Died

March 15, 1942

Genre

Young Adult, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Rachel Lyman Field was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. She is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years , published in 1929.

As a child Field contributed to the St. Nicholas Magazine and was educated at Radcliffe College. Her book, Prayer for a Child, was a recipient of the Caldecott Medal for its illustrations by Elizabeth Orton Jones. According to Ruth Hill Vigeurs in her introduction to Calico Bush , book of Rachel Field for children, published in 1931, Rachel Field was "fifteen when she first visited Maine and fell under the spell of its 'island-scattered coast'. Calico Bush still stands out as a near-perfect re-creation of people and place in a sto ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 14,926 ratings · 1,142 reviews · 111 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field, Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 8,046 ratings — published 1929 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calico Bush by Rachel Field, Allen Lewis (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 3,086 ratings — published 1931 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field, Elizabeth Orton Jones (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 2,733 ratings — published 1944 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All This, and Heaven Too by Rachel Field, Mary Balogh (Foreword) 4.12 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 1929 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Out of Mind 4.18 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1935 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Now Tomorrow 4.04 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1924 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	General Store by Rachel Field, Nancy Winslow Parker (Illustrator) 3.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace for an Island Meal by Rachel Field, Cynthia Jabar (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taxis and Toadstools 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1926 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic Pawnshop 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1926 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Affections cannot be stolen, madam. They are given freely or not at all.”
― Rachel Field, All This, and Heaven Too

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“One grew used to years, like garments. At least one knew where the holes and patched places were; one had learned not to strain threadbare folds past endurance. A new year felt stiff and semi-fitted as one tried to move in it without self-consciousness. It was like dresses that used to be made to allow for growth, too sturdy and voluminous and reaching to boot tops. Only time and hard use would accomplish the fitting, and I did not look forward to that inevitable process.”
― Rachel Field, And Now Tomorrow

tags: clothing, new-year, time

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“Isn't it strange some people make
You feel so tired inside,
Your thoughts begin to shrivel up
Like leaves all brown and dried!
But when you're with some other ones,
It's stranger still to find
Your thoughts as thick as fireflies
All shiny in your mind!”
― Rachel Field

tags: some-people

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Which book would you like to see as the selection for our Spring 2011 Group Reads category Best Love Stories?

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

29 votes, 22.7%

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

25 votes, 19.5%

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

18 votes, 14.1%

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

16 votes, 12.5%

A Room With a View by E.M. Forster

12 votes, 9.4%

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

11 votes, 8.6%

The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

6 votes, 4.7%

The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase

5 votes, 3.9%

All This, and Heaven Too by Rachel Field

3 votes, 2.3%

The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans

3 votes, 2.3%

128 total votes

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