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Meindert DeJong

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 03 1906

Died: 1515 07 19911991

Meindert De Jong was an award-winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands.

De Jong immigrated to the United States with his family in 1914. He attended Dutch Calvinist secondary schools and Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and entered the University of Chicago, but left without graduating.

He held various jobs during the Great Depression, and it was at the suggestion of a local librarian that he began writing children's books. His first book The Big Goose and the Little White Duck was published in 1938.

He wrote several more books before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, serving in China. After the war he resumed writing, and for several years resided in Mexico. He returned for a time to Michigan. After settling in North Carolina, he returned to Michigan for the final years of his life.

Meindert DeJong

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 03 1906

Died: 1515 07 19911991

Meindert De Jong was an award-winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands.

De Jong immigrated to the United States with his family in 1914. He attended Dutch Calvinist secondary schools and Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and entered the University of Chicago, but left without graduating.

He held various jobs during the Great Depression, and it was at the suggestion of a local librarian that he began writing children's books. His first book The Big Goose and the Little White Duck was published in 1938.

He wrote several more books before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, serving in China. After the war he resumed writing, and for several years resided in Mexico. He returned for a time to Michigan. After settling in North Carolina, he returned to Michigan for the final years of his life.

Books from Meindert DeJong

The Last Little Cat

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Wheel on the School

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Journey from Peppermint Street

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Newbery Award Library II: And Now, Miguel, Bridge to Terebithia, Sarah Plain and Tall, The Wheel on the School

4.3/5 ( ratings)

A Horse Came Running

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Far Out the Long Canal

Hurry Home, Candy

4.1/5 ( ratings)

La Colina Que Canta

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Good Luck Duck

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Hurry Home, Candy

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Singing Hill

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Big Goose And The Little White Duck

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Tower by the Sea

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Shadrach

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Wheel on the School

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Big Goose and the Little White Duck

3.6/5 ( ratings)