Natalie Babbitt
Artist and writer Natalie Babbitt (1932-2016) is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting, The Eyes of the Amaryllis, Kneeknock Rise and many other brilliantly original books for young people. She began her career in 1966 as the illustrator of The Forty-ninth Magician, written by her husband. When her husband became a college president and no longer had time to collaborate, Babbitt tried her hand at writing. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, established her gift for writing magical tales with profound meaning. Kneeknock Rise earned her a Newbery Honor Medal, and in 2002, Tuck Everlasting was adapted into a major motion picture. Natalie Babbitt lived in Hamden, CT.
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Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt; Foreword by Gregory Maguire
Square Fish
Square Fish
Blessed with-or doomed to-eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster...
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The Devil's Storybooks
Natalie Babbitt; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
Every now and then, the Devil likes to pop up into the world for an adventure. He's a trickster and a mischief-maker, and just as full of vanity and other human failings. But he's also a gifted storyteller....
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Phoebe's Revolt
Natalie Babbitt
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
"Phoebe Euphemia Brandon Brown hated the bows, frills, ruffles, sashes, and curls that were the fashion in 1904...The story of Phoebe's one-woman revolution and its outcome is sure to strike a spark...
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Nellie
Natalie Babbitt; Illustrated by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Nellie, a cat marionette who loves to dance, finds adventure and freedom on a moonlit hilltop.
"Babbitt's illustrations are as carefully wrought and as flowing as her prose in this charmingly cozy story about friendship and independence." --School Library Journal
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The Something
Natalie Babbitt; Two-color pictures by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Mylo...is afraid of an indefinable Something coming in through his window at night. Given some modeling clay by his concerned mother, he finally succeeds in making a statue of the Something...The...
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The Devil's Storybook
Natalie Babbitt; Pictures by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
The Devil's Storybook is a 1974 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1975 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books.
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The Devil's Other Storybook
Natalie Babbitt; Pictures by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
The Devil is back, just as full of vanity and other human feelings as he was in Natalie Babbitt's first collection, The Devil's Storybook.
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Dick Foote and the Shark
Natalie Babbitt
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt's novels are inspired by a brilliance and imagination that is completely original. She began her career in 1966 with the publication of a picture...
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Herbert Rowbarge
Natalie Babbitt
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Herbert Rowbarge is by Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting.
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Kneeknock Rise
Natalie Babbitt; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
Who is the wise man? Who is the fool?
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The Search for Delicious
Natalie Babbitt; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
In this kingdom, one word can start a war.
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The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Natalie Babbitt
Square Fish
Square Fish
Do you believe in things you can't see?
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Goody Hall
Natalie Babbitt; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
Was Midas Goody dead or alive?
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All the Small Poems and Fourteen More
Valerie Worth; Pictures by Natalie Babbitt
Square Fish
Square Fish
All four Small Poems books in one volume plus fourteen new poems "every bit as worthy as their predecessors" (The Horn Book)
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Tuck Para Siempre
Natalie Babbitt; Translated by Narcis Fradera
Square Fish
Square Fish
Spanish translation of the story of the Tuck family, doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring. The Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously...
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