Marguerite deAngeli

Marguerite deAngeli wrote and illustrated children's literature for more than 50 years. Her more than 28 books are culturally diverse, taking place in many periods of time, cultures, and settings.

She was born in 1889 in Lapeer, Michigan and lived there for the first 13 years of her life. Her family then moved to Pennsylvania where she began singing lessons. Eventually her parents discouraged her musical career and she married John Dailey de Angeli. Eventually she and her growing family moved to Detroit where she was able to take art lessons.

In 1922, she began illustrating Sunday School papers, magazines, and books. Within 14 years, she began writing her own books. Those books would catch the attention of critics. She won a Newbery Award and Honor, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, two Caldecott Honors, a Regina Medal, and was one of the first women inducted into Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Michigan Governor Milliken declared her 90th birthday to be Marguerite deAngeli Day.

Her husband died eight months before their 60th wedding anniversary. DeAngeli outlived him by almost 20 years, dying in 1987 at the age of 98.

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