Sorche Nic Leodhas

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LeClaire Gowans Alger (May 20, 1898 – November 14, 1969) was an American author better known under her pseudonym Sorche Nic Leodhas, or simply Sorche Leodhas. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, she was a sickly child, eventually being homeschooled. Alger was a known librarian, working from 1915 to 1966, while the imaginary Sorche was a storyteller. She sought out traditional Scottish tales that had never been written down before. She won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962 and a Newbery Honor for Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland in 1963. Her book Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, won the 1966 Caldecott Medal.

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Always room for one more
Representative edition published 1999
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Scottish ghosts
Representative edition published 1974
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Twelve great black cats, and other eerie Scottish tales
Representative edition published 1972
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By loch and by lin
Representative edition published 1969
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The Laird of Cockpen
Representative edition published 1969
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Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic
Representative edition published 1968
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Claymore and Kilt
Representative edition published 1967
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Gaelic ghosts
Representative edition published 1966
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Ghosts go haunting
Representative edition published 1965
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All in the morning early
Representative edition published 1963
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Thistle and thyme
Representative edition published 1962
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Heather and broom
Representative edition published 1960
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Thistle and thyme; tales and legends from Scotland
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Gaelic Ghosts
Representative edition published 2021
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Ghosts Go Haunting
Representative edition published 2014
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Heather and Broom
Representative edition published 2014
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By Loch and by Lin
Representative edition published 2014
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Thistle and Thyme
Representative edition published 2014
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Le gouvernement révolutionnaire dans les Basses-Pyrénées
Representative edition published 1984
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Twelve Great Black Cats, and Other Eerie Scottish Tales
Representative edition published 1976
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The Laird of Cockpen
Representative edition published 1973
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Claymore & Kilt
Representative edition published 1971
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The golden summer
Representative edition published 1942
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