Marguerite Henry was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the youngest of five children. At the age of 7 she suffered from a serious bout of Rheumatic Fever which kept her indoors and often bedridden until the age of 12.
Unable to go to school or make many friends, she developed the most avid love of reading and later writing, when her father gave her a gift of a special writing table and paper. What an amazing career that gesture began. Her first story was published in 1913 when she was aged only 11, to a woman's magazine for the princely sum of $12... quite a sum in those days. Equally as impressive her last book, Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley, published in 1997 when she was 95.
She married Sidney Crocker Henry in 1923 and although they never had any children, they made up for it with a multitude of pets, many of which were the subjects of her books. Throughout her long writing career, Marguerite won numerous awards, including commendation from the prestigious Newbery Books Awards no less than three times.
Although so many of her books are loved by children and adults alike throughout the entire world, she is probably best known for the most famous of series 'Misty of the Chincoteague' , which was later made into a movie.
Unable to go to school or make many friends, she developed the most avid love of reading and later writing, when her father gave her a gift of a special writing table and paper. What an amazing career that gesture began. Her first story was published in 1913 when she was aged only 11, to a woman's magazine for the princely sum of $12... quite a sum in those days. Equally as impressive her last book, Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley, published in 1997 when she was 95.
She married Sidney Crocker Henry in 1923 and although they never had any children, they made up for it with a multitude of pets, many of which were the subjects of her books. Throughout her long writing career, Marguerite won numerous awards, including commendation from the prestigious Newbery Books Awards no less than three times.
Although so many of her books are loved by children and adults alike throughout the entire world, she is probably best known for the most famous of series 'Misty of the Chincoteague' , which was later made into a movie.
Genres: Children's Fiction
Series
Misty
1. Misty of Chincoteague (1947)
2. Sea Star (1947)
3. Stormy, Misty's Foal (1965)
4. Misty's Twilight (1996)
1. Misty of Chincoteague (1947)
2. Sea Star (1947)
3. Stormy, Misty's Foal (1965)
4. Misty's Twilight (1996)
Novels
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin (1947) (with Wesley Dennis)
King of the Wind (1948)
Born to Trot (1950)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1953)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1954)
Black Gold (1957)
Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio (1960)
Five o'clock Charlie (1963)
Mustang (1966)
San Domingo (1972)
The White Stallion of Lipizza (1976)
A Pictorial Life Story of Misty (1976)
The Palio (1976)
One Man's Horse (1977)
Little Fellow (1978)
Our First Pony (1984)
Battle of the Stallions (1988)
An Innkeeper's Horse (1988)
The Rescue of Sham (1988)
Sire of Champions (1988)
Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley (1996)
Cinnabar, the One O'Clock Fox (2014)
King of the Wind (1948)
Born to Trot (1950)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1953)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1954)
Black Gold (1957)
Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio (1960)
Five o'clock Charlie (1963)
Mustang (1966)
San Domingo (1972)
The White Stallion of Lipizza (1976)
A Pictorial Life Story of Misty (1976)
The Palio (1976)
One Man's Horse (1977)
Little Fellow (1978)
Our First Pony (1984)
Battle of the Stallions (1988)
An Innkeeper's Horse (1988)
The Rescue of Sham (1988)
Sire of Champions (1988)
Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley (1996)
Cinnabar, the One O'Clock Fox (2014)
Omnibus
Marguerite Henry's Misty Treasury (1982)
Marguerite Henry's Horseshoe Library (1992)
Treasury of Horses (2006)
Marguerite Henry's Horseshoe Library (1992)
Treasury of Horses (2006)
Collections
Picture Books
The Auction (1987)
The Big Race (1987)
The Capture (1987)
Going Home (1987)
The Storm (1987)
The Whirlpool (1987)
The Big Race (1987)
The Capture (1987)
Going Home (1987)
The Storm (1987)
The Whirlpool (1987)
Non fiction
All About Horses (1962)
Dear Readers and Riders (1969)
Birds at Home (1972)
Album of Horses (1978)
Dear Margueritte Henry (1978)
Album of Dogs (1978)
Dear Readers and Riders (1969)
Birds at Home (1972)
Album of Horses (1978)
Dear Margueritte Henry (1978)
Album of Dogs (1978)
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