![]() ![]() ![]() Two books- Henner's Lydia (1936) and Yonnie Wondernose (1944)-are about Amish children on Pennsylvania Dutch farms. She pioneered in introducing immigrant groups in Pennsylvania to children through literature. In addition to family stories, her subjects have been ethnic, traditional, and historical. ![]() Butter at the Old Price (1971) is her autobiography, written in her eighties. Jeffrey, de Angeli's six-year-old grandson, was the model for Just Like David (1951). Fiddlestrings (1974) is a fictionalized biography of her husband. ![]() De Angeli recreated her father's childhood in Lapeer, Michigan, in Copper-Toed Boots (1938). She created a series of short picture books for six-year-olds based on family situations, which were also the inspiration for later stories, but expanded into chapter-length episodes. After 15 years of illustrating for magazines such as Country Gentleman and books such as Elizabeth Vining's Peggy MacIntosh, her editor, Helen Ferris, encouraged her to write the text of a book and illustrate it herself. Marguerite Lofft de Angeli perfected her contralto voice and planned for a musical career, but her inclination to draw was stronger. and Ruby Tuttle Lofft married John deAngeli, 1910 Born 14 March 1889, Lapeer, Michigan died June 1987ĭaughter of S. ![]()
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