Misty of chincoteague 19475/29/2023 ![]() ![]() She read many western adventure stories by Zane Grey and decided at a young age that she wanted to live on a ranch of her own someday, where she could see her own horses run and play. Marguerite wasn’t allowed to go to school because of her weak state and the fear of spreading her illness to others, and discovered the joy of reading while confined. ![]() She was stricken with rheumatic fever at age six, which kept her bedridden until she was twelve years old. Both it and Misty of Chincoteague won the highest accolade a children’s book can garner, the Newbery Medal Award King of the Wind won the Young Reader’s Choice Award in 1951 as well.īorn and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marguerite was the youngest of the five children of Louis and Anna Breithaupt. King of the Wind (1948) is another of her most popular novels, recognized as “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children,” by the American Library Association. Her best-known novels are Misty of Chincoteague (the basis for the 1961 movie Misty) and its sequels. Many of Marguerite Henry’s books are based on true stories of horses (and occasionally other animals), and have since been translated into twelve languages. She authored more than fifty children’s books, capturing especially the dreams and fantasies of horse-loving children everywhere. Marguerite Henry (ApNovember 26, 1977), was a beloved American author of animal stories for children. ![]()
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