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Eleanor Cameron
Cameron and Leonard Wibberley in 1965
Cameron and Leonard Wibberley in 1965
BornEleanor Frances Butler
(1912-03-23)March 23, 1912
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DiedOctober 11, 1996(1996-10-11) (aged 84)
Monterey, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter, librarian
NationalityCanada
Period1950–1996
GenreChildren's literature

Eleanor Frances (Butler) Cameron (March 23, 1912 – October 11, 1996) was a children's author and critic. She published 20 books in her lifetime, including The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954) and its sequels, a collection of critical essays called The Green and Burning Tree (1969), and The Court of the Stone Children (1973), which won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Books.[1]

  1. ^ "National Book Awards – 1974". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

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