The Moffats
Cover of The Moffats by Eleanor Estes, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin | |
| Author | Eleanor Estes |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Louis Slobodkin |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace & World |
Publication date | 1941 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 290 pp |
| Followed by | The Middle Moffat |
The Moffats is the first in a series of four children's novels by American author Eleanor Estes. It tells the story of four young children and their mother who live in a small town in Connecticut. Their adventures are based on Estes' memories of her childhood and focus on a working-class, single-parent American family during World War I.