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Helen Dean Fish

Helen Dean Fish was born in Hempstead, Long Island. In 1912 she graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts. After graduating, she taught at the Asheville Home School for Girls in Asheville, North Carolina. In 1914 she studied playwriting at Radcliffe College in Massachusetts. In 1915 she moved to New York City and began working with drama clubs. In 1917 she became a manuscript reader at the Frederick A. Stokes Co., and in 1922 she was appointed their first children's book editor. She remained in that position when Stokes was merged with J. B. Lippincott in 1941, and she continued in it until her death at age 64.

In 1937, she published Animals of the Bible, a collection of Bible verses selected by her and illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop, which won the first Caldecott Medal ever awarded. She wrote several children's books and one book for adults.

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Born 7 February 1889
Died 6 February 1953

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  • Cover of: When the root children wake up

    First published in 1930 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Animals of the Bible: a picture book

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  • Cover of: Four and Twenty Blackbirds: A Collection of Old Nursery Rhymes

    First published in 1937 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The boy's book of verse: an anthology.

    First published in 1923 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The children's almanac of books and holidays

    First published in 1934 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Animals of American history: a picture book

    First published in 1939 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Boy's Book of Verse an Anthology

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  • Cover of: Butterfly land: a picture book

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  • Cover of: Invitation to England.

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  • Cover of: The little book of colors

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  • Cover of: Pegs of history: a picture book of world dates.

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  • Cover of: The Little Princess in the Wood: A Picture Book

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Born 7 February 1889
Died 6 February 1953

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Juvenile literature, Description and travel, Guidebooks, Pictorial works, award:Caldecott_award, American poetry, Animals, Animals in the Bible, Animals, folklore, juvenile literature, Animals, mythical, Bible, Bible : juvenile literature, Bibliography, Caldecott Honor Book, Caldecott Medal, Calendars, Children's fiction, Children's literature, Children's poetry, American, Children's poetry, English, Color, Dollhouses, English Bible stories, English poetry, Fairy tales

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January 28, 2022 Edited by tmanarl viaf
January 28, 2022 Edited by tmanarl Added new photo
October 8, 2010 Edited by Sarah Breau Added bio, added to birth date, added to death date
October 8, 2010 Edited by Sarah Breau merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import