![]() ![]() She is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, published in 1929.Īs a child Field contributed to the St. Calico Bush still stands out as a near-perfect re-creation of people and place in a sto Rachel Lyman Field was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. According to Ruth Hill Vigeurs in her introduction to Calico Bush, book of Rachel Field for children, published in 1931, Rachel Field was "fifteen when she first visited Maine and fell under the spell of its 'island-scattered coast'. Her book, Prayer for a Child, was a recipient of the Caldecott Medal for its illustrations by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Nicholas Magazine and was educated at Radcliffe College. ![]() She is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, published in 1929. Rachel Lyman Field was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. ![]()
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