Happy 90th, Edna Anita Miller! (Writer/illustrator of "Mousekin" series)

[Lenona]

She grew up in NYC and lived for a while in North Hero, Vermont. The
last address I have for her is Westminster, Maryland.

http://logan.com/loganberry/most-miller.html
(covers, titles, short bio)

From "Contemporary Authors":

"As a child I developed a great love of animals. At the zoo in Central
Park, I made childish sketches of my favorite animals. The Museum of
Natural History was my second home.......The idea for my first book,
Mousekin's Golden House, came to me shortly after Halloween when I had
put the family pumpkin outside. One evening I noticed a small, white-
footed mouse exploring the jack-o'-lantern for the few seeds it
contained. I thought what a fine house it would make for a white-
footed mouse who forever discards one home and searches for
another."

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
All for children; all self-illustrated; published by Prentice-Hall,
except as noted:

* Mousekin's Golden House, 1964.

* Mousekin's Christmas Eve (Junior Literary Guild selection),
1965, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, (New York, NY),
1988.

* Mousekin Finds a Friend, 1967.

* Mousekin's Family, 1969.

* Mousekin's Woodland Sleepers, 1970.

* Duck, Duck, Holiday House, 1971.

* Mousekin's ABC, 1972, Simon and Schuster Books for Young
Readers, (New York, NY), 1988.

* Mousekin's Woodland Birthday, 1974.

* Mousekin Takes a Trip, 1976.

* Pebbles, A Pack Rat, 1976.

* Mousekin's Close Call, 1978.

* Jumping Bean, 1979.

* Mousekin's Fables, 1982.

* Mousekin's Mystery, 1983.

* Mousekin's Thanksgiving, Prentice-Hall, (Englewood Cliffs, NJ),
1985.

* Mousekin's Easter Basket, Prentice-Hall Books for Young Readers,
S and S Books for Young Readers, (New York, NY), 1986.

* Mousekin's Golden House, Simon and Schuster, Inc., (New York,
NY), 1987.

* Patches finds A New Home, Simon and Schuster Books For Young
Readers, (New York, NY), 1988.

* Mousekin's Frosty Friend: Story and Pictures, Simon and Schuster
Books for Young Readers, (New York, NY), 1990.

* Scamper: A Gray Tree Squirrel, Pippin Press, (New York, NY),
1991.

* Mousekin's Lost Woodland, Simon and Schuster Books for Young
Readers, (New York, NY), 1992.

Illustrator:

* MIchael Rheta Martin, Graphic Guide to World History, Holt,
1959.

* Gus Tavo, The Buffalo Are Running, Knopf, 1960.

* Phyllis Sarasy, Winter Sleepers, Prentice-Hall, 1962.

* Natalie Friendly, Wildlife Teams, Prentice-Hall, 1963.

* Agnes McCarthy, Creatures of the Deep, Prentice-Hall, 1963.

* Gladys R. Saxon, Secrets in Animal Names, Prentice-Hall, 1964.

* Dorothy Gross Wisbeski, Picaro, a Pet Otter, Hawthron, 1971.

Lenona.

[Cori]

Great book and awesome achievement! Wow, 90!

Cori

[leno...@yahoo.com]

On Friday, March 19, 2010 at 4:25:19 AM UTC-4, Cori wrote:
> Great book and awesome achievement! Wow, 90!
>
> Cori

I'm embarrassed to have to report that she died in 2003, aged 83.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/baltimoresun/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=1453743

Yes, the parent's names are a match, and yes, her second husband's name was Leslie Allen Lovett. (I have no excuse for not noticing that back in 2010, since it was already recorded in Biography in Context.)


Lenona.