Alice Dalgliesh was an American author and book editor who wrote over 40 children's books, mostly illustrated by Katherine Milhous

Katherine Milhous

Katherine Milhous was a newspaper illustrator and book designer.Milhous won the 1951 Caldecott Medal for The Egg Tree about her family's Easter traditions. She illustrated The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh, which won the 1945 Newbery Honor. Milhous was born in Philadelphia.-References:...

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Alice Dalgliesh immigrated to America in 1913 where she studied at the Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...

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She received her Master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University is a graduate school of education located in New York City, New York...

 and taught at the Horace Mann School

Horace Mann School

Horace Mann School is an independent college preparatory school in New York City, New York, United States founded in 1887 known for its rigorous course of studies. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League, educating students from all across the New York tri-state area from...

, before writing her first book, A Happy School Year, in 1924. Some of her Newbery Honor books include, The Silver Pencil, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain , written by Alice Dalgliesh and illustrated by Helen Sewell, is children's novella based, according to the author's note, on an old Pennsylvania tall tale. It won a 1953 Newbery Honor....

, and The Courage of Sarah Noble

The Courage of Sarah Noble

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh is the story of a young girl who travels with her father into Connecticut during the early 18th century, and her experiences with the native Schaghticoke. It was published in 1954 and received a Newbery Honor Award.- The story :Sarah accompanies her...

. In 1959 The Courage of Sara Noble won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

The Lewis Carroll Shelf Award was started in 1958 by Dr. David C. Davis with the assistance of Prof. Lola Pierstorff, Director Instructional Materials Center, Univ. of Wisconsin and Madeline Allen Davis, WHA Wisconsin Public Radio. Awards were presented annually at the Wisconsin Book Conference...

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Dalgliesh was the children's book editor at Scribner's from 1934 to 1960.
She also developed science fiction books.
She was Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...

's editor at Scribner's, and fought with him about his work, from Red Planet (novel)

Red Planet (novel)

Red Planet is a 1949 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about students at boarding school on the planet Mars. It represents the first appearance of Heinlein's idealized Martian elder race...

, ending with Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and published hardcover in December, 1959.The first-person narrative is about a young soldier from the Philippines named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his...

. This was detailed in letters published in Grumbles from the Grave

Grumbles from the Grave

Grumbles from the Grave is a posthumous 1989 autobiography of science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein collated by his wife Virginia Heinlein from his notes and writings.-Background:...

by Virginia Heinlein

Virginia Heinlein

Virginia "Ginny" Heinlein , born Virginia Doris Gerstenfeld, was the third wife of Robert A. Heinlein, a prominent and successful author once known as one of the "Big Three" of science fiction .Born to George and Jeanne Gerstenfeld, Virginia was raised in Brooklyn and had one brother, Leon...

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Her papers are held at University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

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Works

• A Happy School Year, 1924.
• The Silver Pencil, C. Scribner's Sons, 1944; reprint Scholastic Inc., 1992, ISBN 9780590460101
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
  The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
  The Bears on Hemlock Mountain , written by Alice Dalgliesh and illustrated by Helen Sewell, is children's novella based, according to the author's note, on an old Pennsylvania tall tale. It won a 1953 Newbery Honor....
  
  Scribner, 1952; reprint, Simon and Schuster, 1992, ISBN 9780689716041
• The Courage of Sarah Noble
  The Courage of Sarah Noble
  The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh is the story of a young girl who travels with her father into Connecticut during the early 18th century, and her experiences with the native Schaghticoke. It was published in 1954 and received a Newbery Honor Award.- The story :Sarah accompanies her...
  
  , Scribner, 1954; reprint Baker & Taylor, CATS, 2009, ISBN 9781442012349
• The Columbus story, Illustrator Leo Politi, Scribner, 1955
• Thanksgiving Story, Scribner, 1954; reprint, Paw Prints, 2008, ISBN 9781439554241
• The Fourth of July Story, Scribner, 1956; reprint, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1995, ISBN 9780689718762
• Ride on the wind, Scribner, 1956
• The enchanted book, Scribner, 1958
• Christmas; a book of stories new and old, Scribner, 1950