Biography
Mabel Leigh Hunt born in Coatesville, Indiana, and raised in Greencastle. At age ten she moved with her parents the Quaker settlement of Plainfield, Indiana. When her father died, she moved with her mother to Indianapolis. In 1910 she attended DePauw University in Greencastle. In 1923 she wet to Western University Library School in Cleveland. In 1926 she became a librarian at the Indianapolis Public Library. In 1934 she published her first book, Lucinda, A Little Girl of 1860. In 1938 she left became a full-time writer. Two of her books, Have You Seen Tom Thumb? and Better Known as Johnny Appleseed, were Newbery Honor books.
Books by Mabel Leigh Hunt
Peddler's Clock
Peddler's Clock
Beggar's Daughter
Johnny-up and Johnny-down
Cupola house
Christy at Skippinghills
Cristy at Skippinghills
Cristy at Skippinghills
Tomorrow will be bright
Tomorrow will be bright
Stars for Cristy
Singing among strangers
Ladycake Farm;
The 69th grandchild
The 69th grandchild
Better Known as Johnny Abblese
Better Known as Johnny Abbleseed
better known as johnny apple s
better known as johnny apple seed
Better Known As Johnny Appleseed
petter known as johny apple se
petter known as johny apple seed
The wonderful baker
Matilda's buttons
Matilda's buttons
The double birthday present
Sibby Botherbox
Young Man of the House
Young Man of the House
The peddler's clock
"Have you seen Tom Thumb?"
Corn-belt Billy
Have You Seen Tom Thumb (Illus
Have You Seen Tom Thumb (Illustrated By Fritz Eichenberg)
Billy Button's butter'd biscui
Billy Button's butter'd biscuit
John of Pudding lane
Michel's island
Little grey gown
Benjie's hat
Benjie's hat
Susan beware!
Little girl with seven names
The boy who had no birthday
The Aṅguttara-nikâya