R.I.P. Charlotte Baker, 98 (in April), 1972 Newbery nominee, "Cockleburr Quarters"
Lenona
Her mother was the poet Karle Wilson Baker.
About "Cockleburr Quarters":
"Dolph was kicking cans the afternoon he found the puppies under the
Cockleburr Street Kingdom of Heaven Church. Eight puppies guarded by a
gotch-eared, half-blind mammy dog. Eight hungry puppies that nobody
wanted -- nobody except Dolph and his younger sister, Myrtis. Together
they plan and worry and bargain, take risks, make mistakes, work up
sweat and blisters, discover their will and determination. And, in the
end, in the most believable way, Dolph makes the unbelievable
happen!"
http://www.hsus.org/about_us/accomplishments/the_people_who_have_shaped_the_hsus/remembering_charlotte_baker.html
(long obit with photo)
http://libweb.sfasu.edu/proser/etrc/collections/manuscript/personal/montgomerycharlotte/index.html
(biography)
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
A Sombrero for Miss Brown (novel), Dutton, 1941.
House of the Roses (novel), Dutton, 1942.
Hope Hacienda (juvenile; Pro Parvula Book Club selection), Crowell,
1942.
Necessary Nellie (juvenile; Junior Literary Guild selection), Coward,
1945.
Nellie and the Mayor's Hat (juvenile; Junior Literary Guild
selection), Coward, 1947.
House on the River (juvenile), Coward, 1948.
Kinnery Camp (juvenile), McKay, 1951.
Sunrise Island (juvenile), McKay, 1952.
Magic for Mary M (juvenile), McKay, 1953.
The Venture of the Thunderbird (juvenile), McKay, 1954.
The Return of the Thunderbird (juvenile), McKay, 1954.
The Green Poodles (juvenile; Junior Literary Guild selection), McKay,
1956.
Thomas, the Ship's Cat (juvenile;
Parents Magazine Book Club selection), McKay, 1958.
Little Brother (juvenile), McKay, 1959.
An ABC of Dog Care for Young Owners (juvenile), McKay, 1959.
The Best of Friends (juvenile; Junior Literary Guild selection),
McKay, 1966.
The Kittens and the Cardinals (juvenile), McKay, 1969.
Cockleburr Quarters (juvenile), Prentice-Hall, 1972.
Return to Eden (play), Parameter Press, 1973.
(Illustrator)Karle Wilson Baker, The Reindeer's Shoe and Other Stories
E.C. Temple (Nacogdoches, TX), 1988.
(Illustrator)Frances Alexander, Mother Goose on the Rio Grande NTC/
Contemporary Publishing (Lincolnwood, IL), 1997.
Lenona.