Happy 90th, Molly Lemken Cone! ("Mishmash" humorous dog series)
leno...@yahoo.com
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/494/Cone-Molly-Lamken-1918-Caroline-More-Sidelights.html
"Her nonfiction topics range widely, from books about Jewish customs
to biographies of conductor Leonard Bernstein and the circus-promoting
Ringling Brothers to books that explore environmental conservation.
Her fiction ranges from serious to humorous, and includes stories
about young people learning to deal with racism, as in The Other Side
of the Fence and Number Four, to a series of adventurous tales about a
dog named Mishmash.......
"Cone's most well-known fiction books are her 'Mishmash' series, which
concerns a mischievous dog. Cone's inspiration for the series came
from her own dog, Tiny, who was so eagerly affectionate that she upset
the entire Cone household. Illustrated by Leonard Shortall, each book
concerns a new adventure for Mishmash and his owners, Pete and Wanda.
In Mishmash and the Big Fat Problem, the dog is put on an exercise
regimen and subjected to hypnosis in an effort to get him to lose
weight. In Mishmash and the Robot, the dog falls in love with a robot,
and in Mishmash and Uncle Looey, he teams up with an imaginary friend
and wreaks havoc on the neighborhood."
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/495/Cone-Molly-Lamken-1918-Caroline-More-Autobiography-Feature-Molly-Cone.html
(about her childhood and how she came to write some of her books)
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/496/Cone-Molly-Lamken-1918-Caroline-More.html
(about "Come Back, Salmon," her bibliography, her publishing
struggles, and how things have changed over the decades)
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/cone,molly.htm
(this describes Cone's more serious juvenile novels. "In 'You Can't
Make Me If I Don't Want To' (1971), Mitch runs away from home when he
decides he does not want to travel to Israel with his family. Both the
parents and the son begin to realize how little they know about each
other.")
http://jwa.org/exhibits/seattle/cone.html
(about Cone's visit to Israel in 1965)
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=%22Molly+Cone%22&btnG=Search+Images
(covers, photo)
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=molly+cone&pics=on&sortby=7&x=35&y=9
(more covers)
JUVENILE BOOKS
* Only Jane (Junior Literary Guild selection), Thomas Nelson,
1960.
* Too Many Girls, Thomas Nelson, 1960.
* The Trouble with Toby, Houghton, 1961.
* Reeney, Houghton, 1963.
* (Under pseudonym Caroline More, with Margaret Pitcairn Strachan)
Batch of Trouble, Dial, 1963.
* Stories of Jewish Symbols, Bloch Publishing, 1963.
* The Real Dream, Houghton, 1964.
* A Promise Is a Promise, Houghton, 1964.
* Who Knows Ten: Children's Tales of the Ten Commandments, Union
of American Hebrew Congregations, 1965, teacher's guide, 1967.
* The Sabbath, Crowell, 1966.
* Crazy Mary, Houghton, 1966.
* Hurry Henrietta, Houghton, 1966.
* Jewish New Year, Crowell, 1966.
* Purim, Crowell, 1967.
* The Other Side of the Fence, Houghton, 1967.
* The House in the Tree, Crowell, 1968.
* The Green Green Sea, Crowell, 1968.
* Annie, Annie, Houghton, 1969.
* Leonard Bernstein, Crowell, 1970.
* Simon, Houghton, 1970.
* The Ringling Brothers, Crowell, 1971.
* You Can't Make Me If I Don't Want To, Houghton, 1971.
* Number Four, Houghton, 1972.
* Dance around the Fire, Houghton, 1974.
* Call Me Moose, Houghton, 1978.
* The Amazing Memory of Harvey Bean, Houghton, 1980.
* Paul Silverman Is a Father, Dutton, 1983.
* The Big Squeeze, Houghton, 1984.
* Come Back, Salmon, Sierra Club Books for Children, 1992.
* Listen to the Trees: Jews and the Earth, illustrated by Roy
Doty, Union of American Hebrew Congregations Press (New York, NY),
1995.
* Squishy, Misty, Damp and Muddy: The In-between World of
Wetlands, Sierra Club Books for Children, 1996.
* Hello, Hello, Are You There, God? (selected stories from the
"Shema" series), illustrated by Rosalind Charney Kaye, Union of
American Hebrew Congregations Press (New York, NY), 1999.
* (With Howard Droker and Jacqueline Williams) Family of
Strangers: Building a Jewish Community in Washington State, University
of Washington Press/Washington State Jewish Historical Society
(Seattle, WA), 2003.
"MISHMASH" SERIES
* Mishmash, Houghton, 1962.
* Mishmash and the Substitute Teacher, Houghton, 1963.
* Mishmash and the Sauerkraut Mystery, Houghton, 1965.
* Mishmash and Uncle Looey, Houghton, 1968.
* Mishmash and the Venus Flytrap, Houghton, 1976.
* Mishmash and the Robot, Houghton, 1981.
* Mishmash and the Big Fat Problem, Houghton, 1982.
"SHEMA" (TITLE MEANS "HEAR O ISRAEL") SERIES
* First I Say the Shema, Union of American Hebrew Congregations,
1971.
* About Belonging, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1972.
* About Learning, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1972.
* About God, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1973.
* The Mystery of Being Jewish, Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, 1989.
Lenona.