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Eleanor Clymer

Eleanor Clymer (née Lowenton; January 7, 1906 – March 31, 2001), was an American children's author, best known for ''The Trolley Car Family'' (1947). She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1928 with a degree in English. Between the years of 1943 and 1983 she published 58 books, including ''The Tiny Little House'', ''My Brother Stevie'', and ''Hamburgers–and Ice Cream for Dessert''.

Clymer was born in New York City, the daughter of Russian immigrants. Through much of her life she was a resident of Katonah, New York and an active member of the nearby Unitarian Universalist fellowship. In 1980 she was awarded the Rip Van Winkle award by the School Library Media Specialists of Southeastern New York for outstanding contributions to children's literature.

Her son, Adam Clymer, was a journalist with ''The New York Times''. Clymer died in 2001 at the age of 95 in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Provided by Wikipedia
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    The case of the missing link / by Clymer, Eleanor, 1906-2001

    Published 1962
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    We lived in the Almont / by Clymer, Eleanor, 1906-2001

    Published 1970
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    Thirty-three Bunn Street / by Clymer, Eleanor, 1906-2001

    Published 1952
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    The spider, the cave, and the pottery bowl / by Clymer, Eleanor, 1906-2001

    Published 1989
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    The spider, the cave, and the pottery bowl / by Clymer, Eleanor, 1906-2001

    Published 1972
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    My brother Stevie / by Clymer, Eleanor, 1906-2001

    Published 1967
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    Luke was there / by Clymer, Eleanor, 1906-2001

    Published 1973
    Book
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