Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon
Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) was an English journalist, broadcaster and author of stories and poems. Her father encouraged her writing from the age of five; at eighteen she wrote the libretto for an operetta. Often written under a pseudonym, her poems appeared in The Herald (Tomfool), Punch, Time and Tide (Chimaera), The New Leader (Merry Andrew), Reynolds News (Tomfool), and a number of other periodicals. It could be argued that her topical work for The Herald, Reynolds News and New Leader was the most accomplished of any socialist poet of the 1920s and 30s. One of her most notable works, Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1921), was written as a gift for Victor Haslam, a soldier she was close to, but her widest known work is probably the hymn Morning has Broken (1931). During the 1950s she was awarded three major literary prizes: The Carnegie Medal of the Library Association, The Hans Anderson Award and the Regina Medal of the American Catholic Library Association.
Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) grew up in England in a house filled with books, and she and her brothers enjoyed reading stories to one another and writing their own. In America, Farjeon's best-known work may be the hymn Morning Has Broken, later recorded by Cat Stevens, but in her native country she is beloved as the author of Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep, Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, and, of course, The Little Bookroom. Farjeon was pleased when The Little Bookroom won the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Carnegie Medal, but she turned down another honor--Dame of the British Empire--explaining that she did not wish to become different from the milkman. At her death, the Children's Book Circle established the Eleanor Farjeon Award in her honor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781391082 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781391084 |
| Title | Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard |
| Author | Eleanor Farjeon |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Benediction Classics |
| Year published | 2012-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 324 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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