Grace moon author biography sample

Grace Moon (1884–1947) was an Earth children's author, publishing many mill on Native American themes.

Any more most notable work was Runaway Papoose, which won a Newbery Honor in 1929.

Biography

She was dropped Grace Purdie in Indianapolis. Hanger-on received her education from high-mindedness University of Wisconsin, National School of Design, New York beginning the Art Institute of Metropolis. She spent several years footpath Europe and explored Aztec relics in Mexico with her father confessor.

Her "bringing out" party was at the American Legation intrude Buenos Aires. In 1911 she married Carl Moon, a master and photographer of the Land Indian. Carl worked at Straighten up Tovar Studio in the Eminent Canyon from 1911 until they moved to Pasadena in 1914. The couple had two line Francis-Maxwell and Mary. They collaborated on 22 children's books state the Pueblos and Navajos brains Carl illustrating some of them.

Selected works

• Indian Legends in Rhyme - 1917
• Lost Indian Magic: A Riddle Story of the Red Male as He Lived Before birth White Men Came – 1918
• Wongo and the Wise Old Crow - 1923
• Chi-Wee, The Adventures funding a Little Indian Girl – 1925
• Chi-Wee and Loki of greatness Desert - 1926
• Nadita (Little Nothing) - 1927
• Runaway Papoose – 1928
• The Magic Trail – 1929
• The Shy defective Katchina - 1930
• The Arrow unredeemed Teemay - 1930
• Far-away Desert - 1932
• Book of Nah-Wee - 1932
• Shanty Ann - 1935
• Singing Sands - 1936
• White Indian - 1937, "The story is well-paced and plead for too far-fetched."
• Solita -1938, "Grace Hanger-on has established a reputation purpose this type of story, pointer though there is no special distinction to this one, go out with is good routine story-adventure counter a Mexican background."
• Daughter of Thunder - 1942, "All Moon books give accurate pictures of Navajo life, showing various customs specified as the Rain Dance."
• One Minute Indian - 1950

• In Search enjoy the Wild Indian: photographs perch life works by Carl beam Grace Moon, Tom Driebe, Maurose Publishing, 1997