Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families. A children's librarian for many years, she launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her outstanding books about the Moffats--Rufus M. and The Middle Moffat--were awarded Newbery Honors, as was her short novel The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye.
"Sensitive, intuitive, restrained . . . will take its place with the books that endure."--Saturday Review "Written with rare intuition and pictured with warm sympathy and charm."--The Horn Book "No young person . . . will ever forget it."--Book Week --
"Sensitive, intuitive, restrained . . . will take its place with the books that endure."--Saturday Review "Written with rare intuition and pictured with warm sympathy and charm."--The Horn Book "No young person . . . will ever forget it."--Book Week --
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