The Four-Story Mistake
First edition cover with Enright artwork | |
| Author | Elizabeth Enright |
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| Illustrator | Enright |
| Genre | Realistic children's fiction |
| Publisher | Farrar & Rinehart |
Publication date | 1942 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 177 pp. |
| OCLC | 2023039 |
| LC Class | PZ7.E724 Fo |
| Preceded by | The Saturdays |
| Followed by | Then There Were Five |
The Four-Story Mistake is a children's novel written and illustrated by Elizabeth Enright, published by Farrar & Rinehart in 1942. It is the second book in the Melendy family series which Enright inaugurated in 1941. The family leaves World War II-era New York City for a house in the country, a house that is an adventure in itself.
In 2012 The Four-Story Mistake was ranked number 80 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal – the third of three books by Enright in the top 100.