Miss Pickerell Tackles the Energy Crisis

Miss Pickerell #13

by Ellen MacGregor, Dora F. Pantell

Greatly upset when the antique car fair parade is cancelled because of the energy crisis, Miss Pickerell launches a vigorous campaign for the use of a fuel substitute developed by her nephew

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Ellen MacGregor (1906 - 1954) was an American author, primarily of children's literature. After a varied career in numerous libraries and publishing several well-received children's books, as well as numerous magazine articles, she died in 1954 at the age of 47.

MacGregor's goal was to provide fantasy literature with correct (for the time) scientific facts that would appeal to children. The first appearance of Miss Pickerell, her famous and quirky major character was in a short story, Swept Her into Space, published in Liberty in 1950. She expanded it to book length, published in 1951 as Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars, a science fiction novel for children.

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cutesy little kids book. Miss Pickerell and her cronies Nancy Agatha and Pumpkins (her cow and cat) who follow her all the way to England for an antique car fair in order to raise money for the Disabled and Veteran Animals. Hah!

[Connie Downing · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all of the Miss Pickerell books!