Eleanor Cameron
Eleanor Cameron | |
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Cameron and Leonard Wibberley in 1965 | |
| Born | Eleanor Frances Butler March 23, 1912 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | October 11, 1996 (aged 84) Monterey, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, librarian |
| Period | 1950–1996 |
| Genre | Children's literature |
Eleanor Frances (Butler) Cameron (March 23, 1912 – October 11, 1996) was a children's author and critic. She published 20 books in her lifetime, including The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954) and its sequels, a collection of critical essays called The Green and Burning Tree (1969), and The Court of the Stone Children (1973), which won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Books.