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Erick Berry

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Erick Berry

Aliases: Evangel Allena Champlin Best
Pen Names: Erick Berry（Pen name used as an author/illustrator; derived from interest in Eric Pape and the surname of her first husband.）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1892-01-04 （New Bedford, Massachusetts）
Died
1974-02 age 82
Nationality
American
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
writer, illustrator, editor
Active Years
1928-1969
Influenced By
Eric Pape

Awards

Newbery Honor
1934
Work: Winged Girl of Knossos
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞
Newbery Honor
Work: Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞（挿絵担当）

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Winged Girl of Knossos

1933 Children's literature

A girl's adventure set in Knossos, blending archaeological and mythic elements to create a historical adventure for young readers.

adventuremyth and historycoming of age

Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes

1930 Children's literature

A children's book by Herbert Best, illustrated by Erick Berry; the work received a Newbery Honor.

adventurecultural contact

The Apprentice of Florence

1933 Children's literature (illustrator)

Erick Berry illustrated Anne Dempster Kyle's book, which won a Newbery Honor in the same year.

historyapprenticeship

Song of the Pines

1949 Children's historical novel (editor)

Edited version of a children's historical novel by Walter and Marion Havighurst; Erick Berry served as editor.

historycommunity

Bibliography

  • Girls in Africa (1928)
  • Penny-whistle (1930)
  • Humbo the Hippo and Little-Boy-Bumbo (1932)
  • Winged Girl of Knossos (1933)
  • Cynthia Steps Out (1937)
  • Honey of the Nile (1938)
  • Hudson Frontier (1942)
  • Sybil Ludington's Ride (1952)
  • Hay-Foot, Straw-Foot (1954)
  • Green Door to the Sea (1955)
  • Horses for the General (1956)
  • The Land and People of Finland (1959)
  • The Land and People of Iceland (1959)
  • The Four Londons of William Hogarth (1964)
  • You Have Got to Go Out: The Story of the United States Coast Guard (1964)
  • Mr. Arctic: An Account of Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1966)
  • The Springing of the Rice: A Story of Thailand (1966)
  • When Wagon Trains Rolled to Santa Fe (1966)
  • The Magic Banana and Other Polynesian Tales (1968)
  • A World Explorer: Fridtjof Nansen (1969)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
clear, straightforward narrationexpository descriptions suitable for childrenvisual emphasis combined with illustrations
Recurring Motifs
adventure and explorationencounters with other cultureshistorical settings

Legacy

An influential 20th-century children's author and illustrator. Best known for Winged Girl of Knossos, which earned a 1934 Newbery Honor; also respected as an illustrator and editor. Papers are held in collections such as the de Grummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Museums

  • de Grummond Children's Collection, University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

Archives

  • Erick Berry Papers, Special Collections, University of Southern Mississippi

Trivia

  • Born Evangel Allena Champlin Best.
  • Pen name 'Erick Berry' derived from interest in Eric Pape and the surname of her first husband.
  • Winged Girl of Knossos (1933) earned a 1934 Newbery Honor.
  • Illustrated many books by her husband Herbert Best.
  • Papers are held in the de Grummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.