Eleanor Cameron

Eleanor Cameron

Eleanor Frances Butler Cameron (1912-1996) was a Canadian children's author. Her first book was "The Unheard Music", published in 1950.

Life

Although Eleanor Cameron was born in Canada, she lived most of her life in California. Her parents moved to Berkeley, California, early in her life. She then lived in Los Angeles until she married Ian Cameron. She then moved to Pacific Grove, California, where she lived for the rest of her life.

Since 1992, Golden Duck.org has presented the Eleanor Cameron Award for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction to the author of an English Language novel written for middle-grade readers.

Mushroom Planet series

The "Mushroom Planet" novels are set on a tiny, habitable second moon in an invisible orbit 50,000 miles from Earth. The "Mushroom Planet" is covered in various types of mushrooms and is populated by little green people.
*"The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet" (1954)
*"Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet" (1956)
*"Mr. Bass's Planetoid" (1958)
*"A Mystery for Mr. Bass" (1960)
*"Jewels from the Moon and the Meteor That Couldn't Stay" (1964)Published by the American Book Company, 64 pages.Designed as a school reading book, each story has several questions after it.The stories add more detail about David, Chuck, Mr. Bass, Mr. Brumblydge, etc.

*"Time and Mr. Bass" (1967)

Julia Redfern series

*"A Room Made of Windows" (1971)
*"Julia and the Hand of God" (1977)
*"That Julia Redfern" (1982)
*"Julia's Magic" (1984)
*"The Private Worlds of Julia Redfern" (1989)

Other Books

* "The Seed and the Vision - On the Writing and Appreciation of Children's Books". New York: Dutton Children's Books. 1993.

* "The Court of the Stone Children". New York: Dutton Children's Books. 1973

References

*IBList |type=author|id=2601|name=Eleanor Cameron


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