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Lyn Cook

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Weston, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Evelyn Margaret (Lyn) Cook (8 May 1918 – 14 July 2018) was a Canadian children's book writer.

She worked at the Wychwood Park branch of the Toronto Public Library before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division in 1942. During her service in World War II, she worked as a meteorological observer at RCAF Station Centralia and RCAF Station Trenton.

In 1946, Cook became the first children's librarian in Sudbury, a mining town in northern Ontario.
Cook published twenty-three books for children of all ages and received the 1978 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature, awarded annually to a Canadian "author of an exceptional body of work in children's literature"

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Average rating: 3.86 · 258 ratings · 43 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Samantha's Secret Room 4.03 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1963 — 5 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 Hiding Place 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1990 — 5 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 Bells on Finland Street really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1950 — 13 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 Secret of Willow Castle 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1966 — 3 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
	Pegeen and the Pilgrim by Lyn Cook, Pat Wheeler (Illustrator), Bill Wheeler (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1957 — 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
	Flight from the Fortress 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 2 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 Magical Miss Mittens by Lyn Cook, Mary Davies (Illustrator) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970 — 3 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
	Jady and the General by Lyn Cook, Murray Smith (Illustrationsrator) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1955 — 2 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
	Rebel on the Trail 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1953 — 5 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
	A Canadian ABC by Lyn Cook, Thoreau MacDonald (Original Drawings) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990	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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