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Elizabeth Yates


Born
in Buffalo, New York, The United States
December 06, 1905

Died
July 29, 2001

Genre
Children's Books, Fiction, Biography


Elizabeth Yates, author of over forty books for children, was born in New York State on December 6th, 1905. Determined to be an author, she moved to New York City to launch her career. She worked a variety of jobs including reviewing book, writing short stories, and doing research. She moved to England with her husband and wrote her first book, High Holiday, based on her travels in Switzerland with her three children. The family returned to the U.S. in 1939 and settled in New Hampshire. Yates won the Newbery Award in 1951 for her book, Amos Fortune, Free Man, a biography of an African prince who is enslaved and taken to America.

Yates conducted writer's workshops at the University of New Hampshire, the University of Connecticut, and Indiana ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 17,374 ratings · 1,271 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors
Amos Fortune, Free Man
3.89 avg rating — 11,112 ratings — published 1950 — 54 editions
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Mountain Born (Mountain Bor...
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,311 ratings — published 1943 — 19 editions
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Sarah Whitcher's Story
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4.02 avg rating — 1,479 ratings — published 1971 — 13 editions
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The Journeyman
4.09 avg rating — 1,172 ratings — published 1943 — 6 editions
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Hue and Cry
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4.22 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1953 — 9 editions
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Carolina's Courage
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Patterns on the Wall
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A Place for Peter (Mountain...
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4.17 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1955 — 29 editions
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4.52 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1947 — 20 editions
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Series by Elizabeth Yates

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“When something wonderful happens...it is to be cherished in the heart and in the mind. We must not be afraid of the wonderful things, nor must we let others laugh them away from us. Only thus do we learn how to hold our dreams.”
― Elizabeth Yates, Once in the Year: A Christmas Story
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“some things are too wonderful even for a child, and freedom's one of them”
― Elizabeth Yates, Amos Fortune, Free Man
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“Once, long years ago, I thought I could set a canoe-load of my people free by breaking the bands at my wrists and killing the white man who held the weapon. I had the strength in my hands to do such a deed and I had the fire within, but I didn't do it."
"What held you back?"
Amos shook his head. "My hand was restrained and I'm glad that it was, for the years between have shown me that it does a man no good to be free until he knows how to live, how to walk in step with God.”
― Elizabeth Yates, Amos Fortune, Free Man
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For our December holiday reads, I'm coming up with a list of short books so we can possibly read 2 or 3 in December. Place your votes and we'll go with the top 2 or 3 with the most votes. Last day to vote is Saturday, November 12th.

The Gift The Gift by Pete Hamill Pete Hamill
 
  2 votes, 28.6%

Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories by L.M. Montgomery L.M. Montgomery
 
  2 votes, 28.6%

The Lion in the Box Lion in the Box, The by Marguerite de Angeli Marguerite de Angeli
 
  2 votes, 28.6%

A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens
 
  1 vote, 14.3%

Kate's Choice Kate's Choice by Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Once in the Year Once in the Year A Christmas Story by Elizabeth Yates Elizabeth Yates
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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