Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

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Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (August 16, 1914—March 1, 2000) was an American writer of children's picture books. Beatrice Schenk de Regniers was born in Lafayette, Indiana, and studied social work administration at the University of Chicago, earning her M.Ed. in 1941. During the 1940s she worked in the US and in a Yugoslav refugee camp on the Sinai peninsula. During the 1950s she was a free-lance writer of nonfiction, humor, short stories, and columns, as well as children's books. Her first book was The Giant Story, a picture book illustrated by Maurice Sendak, published by Harper in 1953. From 1961 she worked at Scholastic, Inc. as the founding editor of its "Lucky Book Club", four days weekly with Monday reserved for her own writing. She retired twenty years later. She wrote over fifty books, ten of which were published under the pseudonym of Tamara Kitt, including The Adventures of Silly Billy (1961), and The Boy Who Fooled the Giant (1963). Illustrator Beni Montresor won the annual Caldecott Medal for May I Bring a Friend?, published by Atheneum Books in 1964.

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Little Sister and the Month Brothers
Representative edition published 2016
Open Work
Stories About Friendship
Representative edition published 2011
Open Work
What did you put in your pocket?
Representative edition published 2003
Open Work
Was it a good trade?
Representative edition published 2002
Open Work
So Many Cats!
Representative edition published 2002
Open Work
Billy Brown makes something grand
Representative edition published 2000
Open Work
May I bring a friend?
Representative edition published 1999
Open Work
What can you do with a shoe?
Representative edition published 1997
Open Work
David and Goliath
Representative edition published 1996
Open Work
Little book
Representative edition published 1993
Open Work
Jack and the beanstalk
Representative edition published 1990
Open Work
How Joe the bear and Sam the mouse got together
Representative edition published 1990
Open Work
Red Riding Hood
Representative edition published 1990
Open Work
The Boy Who Fooled the Giant
Representative edition published 1989
Open Work
The snow party
Representative edition published 1989
Open Work
Sing a song of popcorn
Representative edition published 1988
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Sing a Song of Popcorn
Representative edition published 1988
Open Work
The way I feel-- sometimes
Representative edition published 1988
Open Work
Week in the Life of Best Friends
Representative edition published 1988
Open Work
Jack the giant killer
Representative edition published 1987
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Penny
Representative edition published 1987
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A little house of your own
Representative edition published 1987
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This big cat, and other cats I've known
Representative edition published 1985
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Waiting for Mama
Representative edition published 1984
Open Work