Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1875–1961) was an American children's author.

Early life and education Carolyn Sherwin Bailey was born in Hoosick Falls, New York on October 25, 1875, to Charles Henry and Emma Frances Bailey. Her father was a scientist and traveler, while her mother was a teacher and writer. She had one sister.

Bailey studied at home until age 12, then later attended Lansingburgh Academy before graduating from the Teachers College, Columbia University in 1896. She also attended the Montessori School in Rome and the New York School of Social Work.

Career "What Happened In Chestnut Grove", a vintage Arbor Day story, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, from her book Stories For Every Holiday, published 1918Bailey began her career as a public school teacher, then as a social worker.

She also wrote on arts and crafts and her works Children of the Handcrafts (1935), Tops and Whistles, Stories of Early American Toys and Children (1937), Homespun Playdays (1940), and Pioneer Art in America (1944), are thought by some critics to be her finest achievements.

An uncharacteristic book, Miss Hickory (1946), won the 1947 Newbery Medal.

Personal life In 1936, Baily married Eben Clayton Hill, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University. The couple lived on a large property in Temple, New Hampshire.

She died in Concord, Massachusetts on December 24, 1961.