Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Born	October 25, 1875 Hoosick Falls, New York
Died	December 23, 1961 Concord, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Teachers' College, Columbia
Notable award(s)	Newbery Medal
Spouse(s)	Eben C. Hill, 1936[1]

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (October 25, 1875 – December 23, 1961) was an American children's author. She was born in Hoosick Falls, New York and attended Teachers College, Columbia University, from which she graduated in 1896.^[2][3] She contributed to the Ladies' Home Journal and other magazines, and published volumes of stories for children, methods of story telling, methods of teaching children, etc., which include Boys and Girls of Colonial Days (1917); Broad Stripes and Bright Stars (1919); Flint; The Story of a Trail (1922); Friendly Tales (1923), and "The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings" (1945). She wrote For the Children's Hour (1906) in collaboration. In 1947, her book Miss Hickory won the Newbery Medal.^[4]

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• Miss Hickory Study Guide. BookRags.com. Retrieved July 7, 2006
• Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present. American Library Association. Retrieved July 7, 2006.

• Works by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey at Project Gutenberg

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