Claire Huchet Bishop
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Claire Huchet Bishop (1899 – 13 March 1993) was a children's novelist and librarian, winner of the Newbery Honor for Pancakes-Paris and All Alone and the Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten.
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[edit] Life
An American, born in France [1] or Geneva, Switzerland [2], Bishop attended the Sorbonne and started the first children's library in France [2]. After moving to the United States, she worked for the New York City Public Library and was an apologist for Roman Catholicism and an opponent[3] of antisemitism.[1].
[edit] Works
[edit] Children's books
- 1938 The Five Chinese Brothers (illustrated by Kurt Wiese)
- 1940 The King's Day (illustrated by Doris Spiegel)
- 1941 The Ferryman
- 1945 Augustus
- 1947 Pancakes-Paris
- 1948 Blue Spring Farm
- 1950 Christopher The Giant
- 1952 Bernard & His Dogs
- 1952 Twenty and Ten(also published as The Secret Cave)
- 1953 All Alone (illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky)
- 1954 Martin de Porres, Hero
- 1955 Big Loop
- 1956 Happy Christmas Tales for Boys and Girls
- 1957 Toto's Triumph (illustrated by Kurt Wiese)
- 1960 Lafayette: French-American Hero (illustrated by Maurice Brevannes)
- 1961 A Present from Petros
- 1964 Twenty-Two Bears
- 1966 Yeshu, Called Jesus
- 1966 French Roundabout
- 1968 Mozart: Music Magician
- 1969 The Man Who Lost His Head (illustrated by Robert McCloskey)
- 1971 The Truffle Pig (illustrated by Kurt Wiese)
- 1972 Johann Sebastian Bach: Music Giant
- 1973 Georgette
[edit] Adult books
- 1947 France Alive
- 1950 All Things Common
- 1950 Boimondau: A French Community of Work
- 1971 Jesus and Israel Jules Isaac
- 1974 How Catholics look at Jews: Inquiries Into Italian, Spanish, and French Teaching Materials
[edit] Quotes
- "Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians." [4]
- "Those who marry to escape something usually find something else." [5]
