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Jean Merrill


Born
in Rochester, NY, The United States
January 27, 1923

Died
August 02, 2012

Genre
Children's, Romance


Jean Fairbanks Merrill.


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Average rating: 4.16 · 8,013 ratings · 949 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors
The Pushcart War
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4.21 avg rating — 5,221 ratings — published 1964 — 45 editions
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The Toothpaste Millionaire
4.09 avg rating — 2,317 ratings — published 1972 — 21 editions
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The Elephant Who Liked to S...
3.98 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions
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The Girl Who Loved Caterpil...
3.62 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions
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Superlative Horse
4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1961 — 10 editions
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The Girl from the Diadem
3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions
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Shan's Lucky Knife: A Burme...
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1973 — 15 editions
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Seraphina
3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions
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Pushcart War: Novel-Ties St...
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1988
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High, Wide & Handsome & The...
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1971 — 4 editions
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“My father always says one thing leads to another. It certainly does. I started out to buy a friend a birthday present, and I end up trying to get a factory to go with it....”
― Jean Merrill, The Toothpaste Millionaire
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“Crackpots have a vote like everyone else...enough crackpots could vote a mayor into office.”
― Jean Merrill, The Pushcart War
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“The trouble with adults is that they never believe kids can do something even when they have good ideas.”
― Jean Merrill, The Toothpaste Millionaire
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