Best-selling children's author. Daughter of Henning Frederik Lindquist and Jennie Abrahamson.
She was born Jennie Dorothea Lindquist in March 1899, the daughter of Swedish immigrants. Her mother died two days after her birth, and she was raised by her father and his sister Lottie. She graduated from Manchester High School, and later studied at the University of New Hampshire and Simmons School of Library Science in Boston.
Jennie began her library career as a page at the Manchester City Library in 1922. She was granted leave for her education and returned to become the assistant in the children’s department before resigning in 1943 to move to Albany, New York. There, she took up a position as the assistant children’s librarian at the Albany Public Library, eventually becoming the head librarian.
She was on the staff of the “Horn Book”, a publication about children’s books, from 1948 to 1958 and served as editor from 1951 to 1958. She also worked as a lecturer and librarian at the University of New Hampshire, and an employee of The John Mistletoe Bookshop in Albany. From 1944-1945, she hosted a radio program from the University of New Hampshire called "Good Books for Boys and Girls".
Her first children's book, The Golden Name Day, received the Newbery Honor Book award in 1956. This award is given by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year. The book was followed by two sequels: The Little Silver House and The Crystal Tree.
Eventually, Jennie returned to Manchester where she died in 1977. She is buried in Manchester’s Pine Grove Cemetery.
(Source: www.manchesterlibrary.org)
She was born Jennie Dorothea Lindquist in March 1899, the daughter of Swedish immigrants. Her mother died two days after her birth, and she was raised by her father and his sister Lottie. She graduated from Manchester High School, and later studied at the University of New Hampshire and Simmons School of Library Science in Boston.
Jennie began her library career as a page at the Manchester City Library in 1922. She was granted leave for her education and returned to become the assistant in the children’s department before resigning in 1943 to move to Albany, New York. There, she took up a position as the assistant children’s librarian at the Albany Public Library, eventually becoming the head librarian.
She was on the staff of the “Horn Book”, a publication about children’s books, from 1948 to 1958 and served as editor from 1951 to 1958. She also worked as a lecturer and librarian at the University of New Hampshire, and an employee of The John Mistletoe Bookshop in Albany. From 1944-1945, she hosted a radio program from the University of New Hampshire called "Good Books for Boys and Girls".
Her first children's book, The Golden Name Day, received the Newbery Honor Book award in 1956. This award is given by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year. The book was followed by two sequels: The Little Silver House and The Crystal Tree.
Eventually, Jennie returned to Manchester where she died in 1977. She is buried in Manchester’s Pine Grove Cemetery.
(Source: www.manchesterlibrary.org)
Best-selling children's author. Daughter of Henning Frederik Lindquist and Jennie Abrahamson.
She was born Jennie Dorothea Lindquist in March 1899, the daughter of Swedish immigrants. Her mother died two days after her birth, and she was raised by her father and his sister Lottie. She graduated from Manchester High School, and later studied at the University of New Hampshire and Simmons School of Library Science in Boston.
Jennie began her library career as a page at the Manchester City Library in 1922. She was granted leave for her education and returned to become the assistant in the children’s department before resigning in 1943 to move to Albany, New York. There, she took up a position as the assistant children’s librarian at the Albany Public Library, eventually becoming the head librarian.
She was on the staff of the “Horn Book”, a publication about children’s books, from 1948 to 1958 and served as editor from 1951 to 1958. She also worked as a lecturer and librarian at the University of New Hampshire, and an employee of The John Mistletoe Bookshop in Albany. From 1944-1945, she hosted a radio program from the University of New Hampshire called "Good Books for Boys and Girls".
Her first children's book, The Golden Name Day, received the Newbery Honor Book award in 1956. This award is given by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year. The book was followed by two sequels: The Little Silver House and The Crystal Tree.
Eventually, Jennie returned to Manchester where she died in 1977. She is buried in Manchester’s Pine Grove Cemetery.
(Source: www.manchesterlibrary.org)
She was born Jennie Dorothea Lindquist in March 1899, the daughter of Swedish immigrants. Her mother died two days after her birth, and she was raised by her father and his sister Lottie. She graduated from Manchester High School, and later studied at the University of New Hampshire and Simmons School of Library Science in Boston.
Jennie began her library career as a page at the Manchester City Library in 1922. She was granted leave for her education and returned to become the assistant in the children’s department before resigning in 1943 to move to Albany, New York. There, she took up a position as the assistant children’s librarian at the Albany Public Library, eventually becoming the head librarian.
She was on the staff of the “Horn Book”, a publication about children’s books, from 1948 to 1958 and served as editor from 1951 to 1958. She also worked as a lecturer and librarian at the University of New Hampshire, and an employee of The John Mistletoe Bookshop in Albany. From 1944-1945, she hosted a radio program from the University of New Hampshire called "Good Books for Boys and Girls".
Her first children's book, The Golden Name Day, received the Newbery Honor Book award in 1956. This award is given by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year. The book was followed by two sequels: The Little Silver House and The Crystal Tree.
Eventually, Jennie returned to Manchester where she died in 1977. She is buried in Manchester’s Pine Grove Cemetery.
(Source: www.manchesterlibrary.org)
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