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The Four-Story Mistake: the Melendy Quartet (Book 2)
[Paperback - 2009]
elizabeth enright
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Publisher: Square Fish Usa | ISBN: 9780312375997 | Pages: 208
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Meet the Melendys! Mona, the eldest, is thirteen. She has decided to become an actress and can recite poetry at the drop of a hat. Rush is twelve and a bit mischievous. Miranda is ten and a half. She loves dancing and painting pictures. Oliver is the youngest. At six, he is a calm and thoughful person. They all live with their father, who is a writer, and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, who takes on the many roles of nurse, cook, substitute mother, grandmother, and aunt.Elizabeth Enrights Melendy Quartet, which captures the lively adventures of a family as they move from the city to the country, are being published in new editions. Each of the books features a foreward and signature black-and-white interior illustrations by the author. Popular artist Tricia Tusa provides irresistible new cover art that will appeal to todays readers.

About the Author

Elizabeth Enright (1907-1968) was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York City. Her mother was a magazine illustrator, while her father was a political cartoonist. Illustration was Enright's original career choice and she studied art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Paris, France; and New York City. After creating her first book in 1935, she developed a taste, and quickly demonstrated a talent, for writing. Throughout her life, she won many awards, including the 1939 John Newbery Medal forThimble Summerand a 1958 Newbery Honor forGone-Away Lake. Among her other beloved children's titles are her books about the Melendy family, includingThe Saturdays, published in 1941. Enright also wrote short stories for adults, and her work was published inThe New Yorker,The Ladies Home Journal,Cosmopolitan,The Yale Review,Harper's, andThe Saturday Evening Post. She taught creative writing at Barnard College. Translated into many languages throughout the world, Elizabeth Enright's stories are for both the young and the young at heart.http://us.macmillan.com/author/elizab...

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