Natalie Savage Carlson is an award-winning American

United States

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 author of children's books.

She was of French Canadian

French Canadian

French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...

 descent, and worked many old family stories and folktales into early books like The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada (1952). Carlson published her first story at age 8 on the children's page of the Baltimore Sunday Times. Her book The Family Under the Bridge won a Newbery Honor in 1959. In 1966, Carlson was the American nominee for International Children's Book Day, also known as the Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

International Children's Book Award.

Works

• The talking cat: and other stories of French Canada, Illustrator Roger Duvoisin, Harper, 1952
• The happy orpheline, Illustrator Garth Williams, Harper, 1957
• The Family Under the Bridge, Harper, 1958; reprint HarperCollins, 1989, ISBN 9780064402507
• School Bell in the Valley, Harcourt, 1963, IBSN 9780152706456
• Ann Aurelia and Dorothy, Illustrator Dale Payson, Harper & Row, 1968
• The half sisters, Illustrator Thomas Di Grazia, Harper & Row, 1970
• Runaway Marie Louise, Illustrators Jose Aruego, Ariane Dewey, Scribner, 1977, ISBN 9780684150451