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Marjorie Flack (1892–1958)

Author of The Story about Ping

33+ Works 9,514 Members 102 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Majorie Flack, margery flack, Marjorie Flack, Marjoire Flacl, Margjorie Flack, Marjorine Flack, Flack and Wiese, Marjorie flack Larsson, Marjorie Flack Ill. Kurt Wiese, Marjorie Illus. by Kurt Wiese Flack, Marjorie; Kurt Wiese (Illust.) Flack, Marjorie Illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum Flack, Marjorie (Author) on Sep-25-1933 Hardcover The Story about Ping THE STORY ABOUT PING by Flack

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Series

Works by Marjorie Flack

The Story about Ping (1933) 5,296 copies

Ask Mr. Bear (1968) 1,430 copies

Angus and the Ducks (1930) 740 copies

Angus Lost (1931) 662 copies

Angus and the Cat (1931) 655 copies

The Boats on the River (1946) 298 copies

Walter the Lazy Mouse (1937) 151 copies

Wait for William (1935) 58 copies

The Restless Robin (1777) 52 copies

Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog (1934) 51 copies

Neighbors on the Hill (1943) 39 copies

William and His Kitten (1938) 15 copies

Angus and Wag-Tail Bess (1935) 13 copies

The new pet (1943) 12 copies

Tiny Tots Picture Book (1962) 6 copies

Wag-tail Bess, (1933) 5 copies

The New Neighbors on the Hill (1951) 4 copies

All Around the Town; the story of a boy in New York (1929) 3 copies

Story time in a bag Dogs & cats 3 copies

Angus and Topsy (1935) 2 copies

Humphrey One Hundred Years Along the Wayside with a Box Turtle (1934) 2 copies

Pedro 2 copies

Willy Nilly (1936) 2 copies

I See a Kitty 2 copies

Angus and the Cat (Sunburst Book) by Marjorie Flack (2008-06-05) 2 copies

Taktuk: An Arctic Boy (1928) 2 copies

Young Jackie Robinson 1 copy

Christopher 1 copy

Here, There, and Everywhere 1 copy

The Story About Ping and Ask Mr. Bear/ paperbacks (1971) 1 copy

New Neighbors On The Hill The Alice and Jerry Books The Alice and Jerry Basic Readers (1953) 1 copy

Neighbors On The Hill. The Alice And Jerry Books 1 copy

Up in the air 1 copy

Associated Works

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939) — Illustrator — 2,073 copies

The New Junior Classics Volume 06: Stories About Boys and Girls (1938) — Contributor — 189 copies

Best in Children's Books 01 (1957) 157 copies

Best in Children's Books 18 (1959) 100 copies

Best in Children's Books 20 (1959) 82 copies

Best in Children's Books 14 (1958) 79 copies

Best in Children's Books 11 (1958) 77 copies

Animal Friends and Adventures (1949) — Contributor — 55 copies

All Together: A Child's Treasury of Verse (1925) — Illustrator — 30 copies

Now You Can Read to Yourself: Easy-to-Read Stories (1964) 11 copies

Scamper: The Bunny Who Went to the White House (1934) — Illustrator — 5 copies

Writing Books for Boys and Girls (1952) — Contributor, some editions — 5 copies

Olaf, Lofoten Fisherman — Illustrator — 1 copy

The Twin Lambs (1931) — Illustrator — 1 copy

Tagged

adventure (44) animals (305) Asia (48) bears (62) BFIAR (80) birds (56) birthday (70) birthdays (43) cats (75) Child Life (44) children (142) children's (284) children's book (39) children's books (54) children's fiction (52) children's literature (76) China (327) classic (45) collection:Fiction (147) curiosity (48) dog (48) dogs (189) duck (67) ducks (344) family (84) farm (59) farm animals (54) FIAR (162) fiction (326) hardcover (46) juvenile (53) kids (39) multicultural (42) paperback (152) picture book (626) read (39) rivers (43) shelf:Fiction (147) Sonlight (39) Yangtze River (64)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1892-10-22
Date of death: 1958-08-29
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Greenport, Long Island, New York, USA
Place of death: Pigeon Cove, Massachusets, USA
Places of residence: Long Island, New York, USA
Occupations: children's book author
Relationships: Benet, William Rose (2nd husband)
Larsson, Karl (1st husband)

Members

Reviews

Charming.

What child has not wondered what gift they could give their mother when in truth- love is the very best gift.

Rating 5/5 pasta necklaces ❤️

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FamiliesUnitedLL | 7 other reviews | Feb 11, 2024 |

The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack

A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening.

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PlumfieldCH | 59 other reviews | Dec 6, 2023 |

Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack

Independent reading level: . No awards

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swopester | 9 other reviews | Dec 4, 2023 |

Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack

Cumulative tales
Subject
Advice
Animal sounds
Bears
Birthday presents
Birthdays
Boys
Children and animals
Farm animals
Hugging
Mothers and sons

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kmgerbig | 7 other reviews | Apr 5, 2023 |

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Lists

Cats in Fiction (1)

Dogs -- children's/young adult fiction (4)

Early Picture Books (5)

Beautiful Feet Books (1)

Favorite Childhood Books (1)

Sonlight Books (1)

Ambleside Books (1)

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Activity Book One (1)

Reading Rainbow (1)

Best Dog Stories (1)

In or About the 1930s (1)

Bennett's 30 Great Books Every Preschooler Should Meet (1)

al.vick-wishlist-Children's (1)

Childhood Favorites (1)

Books Read in 2020 (1)

Caldecott Honor Books (1)

Favorite Animal Fiction (1)

Before Austen Comes Aesop (1)

A Child's Book Tour of China (1)

CCE 1000 Good Books List (2)

Books Read in 2015 (2)

My Wishlist - Children's (2)

Honey For a Child's Heart (3)

Recommended Reading List (3)

Brightly Beaming Curriculum Books (3)

Five in a Row (3)

Romalda Spalding's Writing Road To Reading (3)

Books Read in 2022 (4)

Five in a Row (4)

Books Read in 2013 (1)

Awards

By Award By Work

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

The Boats on the River (1947)

Caldecott Medal

The Boats on the River (Honor Book – 1947)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

The Story about Ping (2009.0051, 2009, Ages 3↑)

The Kindergarten Canon: The 100 Best Children’s Books

The Story about Ping

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Statistics

Works: 33
Also by: 14
Members: 9,514
Popularity: #2,524
Rating: 4.2

Reviews: 102
ISBNs: 168
Languages: 6

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Flack About Ping (Fan Site): Excellent Bio of Marjorie Flack

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