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Eleanor Estes
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Eleanor Estes (1906–1988) was an American librarian and writer. She was educated at Pratt Institute and wrote in English. Her occupations included children’s writer and novelist.
Her notable works include *Miranda the Great*, *The Alley*, *The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode*, *Pinky Pye*, and *Good Housekeeping's Best Book of Fun and Nonsense*. She received the Newbery Medal for her writing.
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Eleanor Estes appears in Vinony's Newbery Medal collection — one of 197 entries.
Within Vinony's link graph, Eleanor Estes is referenced by 45 other articles, and connects out to Newbery Medal, Los Angeles and Connecticut.
It is catalogued under topics including 1906 births, 1988 deaths and 20th-century American librarians.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1906-05-09
- Died
- 1988-07-15
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Miranda the great
- The Alley
- The tunnel of Hugsy Goode
- Pinky Pye
- Good housekeeping's best book of fun and nonsense
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eleanor
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- West Haven
- Place of death
- Hamden
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Newbery Medal
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- date of birth
- 1906-05-09
- date of death
- 1988-07-15
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