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Real name: Jane Andrews Lee Hyndman. (Not to be confused with the living adult novelist Lee Wyndham.)
From "On Your Toes, Susie!":
"I've waited three whole years for these pink toe shoes!"
No wonder Susie is excited. At last she is going to dance on her toes! Surely this will be her happiest year at ballet school. Perhaps she will even win the dance scholarship!
Then the new girl comes--unpleasant Mimi who is such a fine dancer. Because of Mimi and her pet monkey, everything seems to go wrong for Susie. Especially when Susie sprains her ankle--just before the big recital.
There is a surprise ending to this delightful story. It proves that nothing can stop a girl who wants to dance as much as Susie does.
(end)
Somewhat to my surprise, she also wrote "The How and Why Wonder Book of Ballet," which was illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. Lovely book.
There are five "Susie" ballet stories in all.
What was DEFINITELY surprising was finding out that she also wrote a biography of Florence Nightingale in 1969! The cover illustrator is Mort Künstler; the B&W illustrations are by Richard Cuffari.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000X1STHC/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
(Künstler's cover)
From the back cover:
"You, Florence! Become a NURSE?" Dr. Fowler stares at the slim, elegant girl. "It won't take you long to change your mind- after you see a hospital ward. Come."
The horrible smell, the dark, stained walls, and the moans of dying patients on the care of coarse, uncaring ward-nurses, sicken Florence. But she forces herself to look.
"I will change all this," she vows, "if it takes me a lifetime!"
Read how Florence Nightingale - the belle of Victorian society - becomes a nurse, and turns the terrible "pest-houses" of her day into clean, modern hospitals.
(end)
I also remember "The Winter Child," illustrated by Yaroslava - a Russian tale better known as "The Snow Maiden."
A children's book editor, Wyndham began lecturing on writing for children at NYU in 1958. One student of hers was Judy Blume, who, in 1970, dedicated "Iggie's House" to Wyndham!
She also did professional fashion modeling in New York.
From "Contemporary Authors":
"Born December 16, 1912, in Russia (to Andrew and Alexandra Levchenko, came to United States in 1923); died March 18, 1978, in Morristown, NJ. Journalist, lecturer, and author of about thirty books, best known for her juvenile book, Candy Stripers. Hyndman was the author of a syndicated children's book column in five New Jersey newspapers. She was also children's book editor for the Morristown Daily Record and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hyndman lectured on writing for children and teenagers to college audiences."
https://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=986&bih=709&q=%22lee+wyndham%22&oq=%22lee+wyndham%22&gs_l=img.3..0i24.899.899.0.1360.1.1.0.0.0.0.300.300.3-1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.31UCWm-ymw8
(book covers)
http://www.etsy.com/listing/106443237/the-how-and-why-wonder-book-of-ballet
(images of "The How and Why Wonder Book of Ballet")
WRITINGS:
All under pseudonym Lee Wyndham:
Sizzling Pan Ranch (Catholic Children's Reading Club selection), Crowell, 1951.
Slipper under Glass (Junior Literary Guild selection), Longmans, Green, 1952.
Golden Slippers (Junior Literary Guild and Teen Age Book Club selections), Longmans, Green, 1953.
Silver Yankee (Catholic Children's Reading Club and Kansas State Reading Circle selections), Winston, 1953.
A Dance for Susie (listed among Best Books of the Year byNew York Times, Saturday Review of Literature, and Chicago Tribune), Dodd, 1953.
(With Louise Barnes Gallagher) Buttons and Beaux, Dodd, 1953.
Showboat Holiday (Junior Literary Guild selection), Winston, 1954.
Susie and the Dancing Cat, Dodd, 1954.
Binkie's Billions, Knopf, 1954.
Susie and the Ballet Family (Arrow Book Club selection), Dodd, 1955.
(With Thalia Mara) First Steps in Ballet, Doubleday, 1955.
Camel Bird Ranch (Junior Literary Guild selection), Dodd, 1955.
Ballet Teacher (Hale-Cadmus selection), Messner, 1956.
The Lost Birthday Present, Dodd, 1957.
Lady Architect, Messner, 1957.
On Your Toes, Susie! (Arrow Book Club selection), Dodd, 1958.
Dance to My Measure, Messner, 1958.
Candy Stripers (Catholic Reading Club, Teen Age Book Club, and Arrow Book Club selections; selection of Kansas, Illinois, and other Reading Circles), Messner, 1958.
Ballet for You, Grosset, 1959.
The Timid Dragon, Lothrop, 1960.
Bonnie , Doubleday, 1960.
(With husband, Robert Wyndham) The Little Wise Man, Bobbs-Merrill, 1960.
Chip Nelson and the Contrary Indians, Watts, 1960.
Susie and the Ballet Horse, Dodd, 1961.
Beth Hilton, Model, Messner, 1961.
The How and Why Wonder Book of Ballet, Grosset, 1961.
Dancers, Dancers, Dancers!, Watts, 1961.
Acting, Acting, Acting!, Watts, 1962.
The Family at Seven Chimneys House (Calling All Girls Book Club and Parents' Magazine selections), Watts, 1963.
Thanksgiving (Weekly Reader Book Club selection), Garrard, 1963.
(Compiler with R. Wyndham) The Complete Birthday Book, Watts, 1967.
Writing for Children and Teenagers, Writer's Digest, 1968, 2nd revised edition, 1980.
Mourka, the Mighty Cat, Parents' Magazine Press, 1969.
Russian Tales of Fabulous Beasts and Marvels, Parents' Magazine Press, 1969.
Florence Nightingale: Nurse to the World, illustrated by Richard Cuffari, World, 1969.
Tales the People Tell in Russia, Messner, 1970.
The Winter Child, Parents' Magazine Press, 1970.
Holidays in Scandinavia, Garrard, 1975.
Adaptations:
Daphne du Maurier, The King's General, Doubleday, 1954.
(Author of revision) Games and Stunts for All Occasions, Lippincott, 1957.
(Author of revision) Year' Round Party Book, Lippincott, 1957.
National Velvet, Grosset, 1961.
(From Walt Disney's screenplay) Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, Whitman, 1962.
Folk Tales of India, Bobbs-Merrill, 1962.
(Author of condensation) Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Prentice-Hall, 1962.
Folk Tales of China, Bobbs-Merrill, 1963.
Tales from the Arabian Nights, Whitman, 1965.
Lenona.
From "On Your Toes, Susie!":
"I've waited three whole years for these pink toe shoes!"
No wonder Susie is excited. At last she is going to dance on her toes! Surely this will be her happiest year at ballet school. Perhaps she will even win the dance scholarship!
Then the new girl comes--unpleasant Mimi who is such a fine dancer. Because of Mimi and her pet monkey, everything seems to go wrong for Susie. Especially when Susie sprains her ankle--just before the big recital.
There is a surprise ending to this delightful story. It proves that nothing can stop a girl who wants to dance as much as Susie does.
(end)
Somewhat to my surprise, she also wrote "The How and Why Wonder Book of Ballet," which was illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. Lovely book.
There are five "Susie" ballet stories in all.
What was DEFINITELY surprising was finding out that she also wrote a biography of Florence Nightingale in 1969! The cover illustrator is Mort Künstler; the B&W illustrations are by Richard Cuffari.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000X1STHC/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
(Künstler's cover)
From the back cover:
"You, Florence! Become a NURSE?" Dr. Fowler stares at the slim, elegant girl. "It won't take you long to change your mind- after you see a hospital ward. Come."
The horrible smell, the dark, stained walls, and the moans of dying patients on the care of coarse, uncaring ward-nurses, sicken Florence. But she forces herself to look.
"I will change all this," she vows, "if it takes me a lifetime!"
Read how Florence Nightingale - the belle of Victorian society - becomes a nurse, and turns the terrible "pest-houses" of her day into clean, modern hospitals.
(end)
I also remember "The Winter Child," illustrated by Yaroslava - a Russian tale better known as "The Snow Maiden."
A children's book editor, Wyndham began lecturing on writing for children at NYU in 1958. One student of hers was Judy Blume, who, in 1970, dedicated "Iggie's House" to Wyndham!
She also did professional fashion modeling in New York.
From "Contemporary Authors":
"Born December 16, 1912, in Russia (to Andrew and Alexandra Levchenko, came to United States in 1923); died March 18, 1978, in Morristown, NJ. Journalist, lecturer, and author of about thirty books, best known for her juvenile book, Candy Stripers. Hyndman was the author of a syndicated children's book column in five New Jersey newspapers. She was also children's book editor for the Morristown Daily Record and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hyndman lectured on writing for children and teenagers to college audiences."
https://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=986&bih=709&q=%22lee+wyndham%22&oq=%22lee+wyndham%22&gs_l=img.3..0i24.899.899.0.1360.1.1.0.0.0.0.300.300.3-1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.31UCWm-ymw8
(book covers)
http://www.etsy.com/listing/106443237/the-how-and-why-wonder-book-of-ballet
(images of "The How and Why Wonder Book of Ballet")
WRITINGS:
All under pseudonym Lee Wyndham:
Sizzling Pan Ranch (Catholic Children's Reading Club selection), Crowell, 1951.
Slipper under Glass (Junior Literary Guild selection), Longmans, Green, 1952.
Golden Slippers (Junior Literary Guild and Teen Age Book Club selections), Longmans, Green, 1953.
Silver Yankee (Catholic Children's Reading Club and Kansas State Reading Circle selections), Winston, 1953.
A Dance for Susie (listed among Best Books of the Year byNew York Times, Saturday Review of Literature, and Chicago Tribune), Dodd, 1953.
(With Louise Barnes Gallagher) Buttons and Beaux, Dodd, 1953.
Showboat Holiday (Junior Literary Guild selection), Winston, 1954.
Susie and the Dancing Cat, Dodd, 1954.
Binkie's Billions, Knopf, 1954.
Susie and the Ballet Family (Arrow Book Club selection), Dodd, 1955.
(With Thalia Mara) First Steps in Ballet, Doubleday, 1955.
Camel Bird Ranch (Junior Literary Guild selection), Dodd, 1955.
Ballet Teacher (Hale-Cadmus selection), Messner, 1956.
The Lost Birthday Present, Dodd, 1957.
Lady Architect, Messner, 1957.
On Your Toes, Susie! (Arrow Book Club selection), Dodd, 1958.
Dance to My Measure, Messner, 1958.
Candy Stripers (Catholic Reading Club, Teen Age Book Club, and Arrow Book Club selections; selection of Kansas, Illinois, and other Reading Circles), Messner, 1958.
Ballet for You, Grosset, 1959.
The Timid Dragon, Lothrop, 1960.
Bonnie , Doubleday, 1960.
(With husband, Robert Wyndham) The Little Wise Man, Bobbs-Merrill, 1960.
Chip Nelson and the Contrary Indians, Watts, 1960.
Susie and the Ballet Horse, Dodd, 1961.
Beth Hilton, Model, Messner, 1961.
The How and Why Wonder Book of Ballet, Grosset, 1961.
Dancers, Dancers, Dancers!, Watts, 1961.
Acting, Acting, Acting!, Watts, 1962.
The Family at Seven Chimneys House (Calling All Girls Book Club and Parents' Magazine selections), Watts, 1963.
Thanksgiving (Weekly Reader Book Club selection), Garrard, 1963.
(Compiler with R. Wyndham) The Complete Birthday Book, Watts, 1967.
Writing for Children and Teenagers, Writer's Digest, 1968, 2nd revised edition, 1980.
Mourka, the Mighty Cat, Parents' Magazine Press, 1969.
Russian Tales of Fabulous Beasts and Marvels, Parents' Magazine Press, 1969.
Florence Nightingale: Nurse to the World, illustrated by Richard Cuffari, World, 1969.
Tales the People Tell in Russia, Messner, 1970.
The Winter Child, Parents' Magazine Press, 1970.
Holidays in Scandinavia, Garrard, 1975.
Adaptations:
Daphne du Maurier, The King's General, Doubleday, 1954.
(Author of revision) Games and Stunts for All Occasions, Lippincott, 1957.
(Author of revision) Year' Round Party Book, Lippincott, 1957.
National Velvet, Grosset, 1961.
(From Walt Disney's screenplay) Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, Whitman, 1962.
Folk Tales of India, Bobbs-Merrill, 1962.
(Author of condensation) Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Prentice-Hall, 1962.
Folk Tales of China, Bobbs-Merrill, 1963.
Tales from the Arabian Nights, Whitman, 1965.
Lenona.