Ruth Sawyer

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Ruth Sawyer


Born
in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
August 05, 1880

Died
June 03, 1970

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Ruth Sawyer was an American storyteller and a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She may be best known as the author of Roller Skates, which won the 1937 Newbery Medal.

Average rating: 3.74 · 6,502 ratings · 826 reviews · 107 distinct worksSimilar authors
Roller Skates

3.65 avg rating — 4,353 ratings — published 1936 — 64 editions
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Journey Cake, Ho!

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3.91 avg rating — 550 ratings — published 1953 — 16 editions
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This Way to Christmas

4.14 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1916 — 58 editions
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The Wee Christmas Cabin of ...

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3.98 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1941 — 3 editions
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The Remarkable Christmas of...

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3.89 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1941 — 5 editions
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The Way of the Storyteller:...

3.93 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1942 — 24 editions
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The Year of Jubilo

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3.82 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1940 — 17 editions
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The Christmas Anna Angel

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3.42 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1944 — 10 editions
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Maggie Rose: Her Birthday C...

4.52 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1952 — 3 editions
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Daddles: The Story of a Pla...

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4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1964 — 8 editions
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Roller Skates The Year of Jubilo
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“She believed that friendships, to begin well, had to stand on mutual information and lots of it.”
Ruth Sawyer, Roller Skates

“Children interested Miss Peters, especially when she found one that had not been run into a mold or cut out of a given piece of cloth and made up like a flannel rabbit.”
Ruth Sawyer, Roller Skates

“While we waited for the eggs Peterkin asked, trying to sound casual, “This your hound-dog? What’s his name?”

Bill Monroe looked at us and the dog as mean as a man can look. “He’s ourn all right. Bein’ a plain hound-dog he hain’t got a name.”
Ruth Sawyer, Daddles: The Story of a Plain Hound-dog
tags: dogs