Translated into many languages throughout the world, Elizabeth Enright’s stories are for both the young and the young at heart. She taught creative writing at Barnard College. When Portia sets ou Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright 4.17 2,733 Ratings 215 Reviews published 1961 45 editions A wish come true.

Enright also wrote short stories for adults, and her work was published in The New Yorker, The Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, The Yale Review, Harper’s, and The Saturday Evening Post. Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright 4.13 7,713 Ratings 662 Reviews published 1957 10 editions Summer has a magic all its own. Among her other beloved titles are her books about the Melendy family, including The Saturdays, published in 1941. by Elizabeth Enright & illustrated by Joe Krush & Beth Krush RELEASE DATE: ApAn engaging family story by the author-illustrator of the Melendy adventures (see Spider Web for Two, etc.) takes Portia Blake, 10, through an exciting ummer of detecting and discovery with her 12 year old and very nature-minded cousin Julian Jarman. Throughout her life, she won many awards, including the 1939 John Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer and a 1958 Newbery Honor for Gone-Away Lake. Gone-Away Lake Elizabeth Enright Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 - Childrens stories - 192 pages 14 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its. After creating her first book in 1935, she developed a taste, and quickly demonstrated a talent, for writing. Illustration was Enright’s original career choice and she studied art in Greenwich, Connecticut Paris, France and New York City. Her mother was a magazine illustrator, while her father was a political cartoonist. Elizabeth Enright (1907-1968) was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York City.