Nom canonique: Mason, Miriam E.
Nom légal: Swain, Miriam Evangeline Mason
Autres noms: Mason, Miriam
Mason, Miriam Evangeline
Date de naissance: 1897-01-23
Date de décès: 1973-02-20
Sexe: female
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Goshen, Indiana, USA
Lieux de résidence: Goshen, Indiana, USA
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Elletsville, Indiana, USA
Martinsville, Indiana, USA
Batesville, Indiana, USA
Professions: school teacher
assistant editor for a magazine
Relations: Peden, Rachel (sister)
Pulliam, Nina (sister)
Courte biographie: Miriam Evangeline Mason began life in Goshen, Indiana in the year 1900. During her early life the family also resided in Bloomington, Elletsville, and Martinsville, Indiana. Miriam was one of a family of seven.

She decided to become a writer after working as a school teacher and assistant editor for a magazine, among other jobs. She felt that her childhood on a rolling Indiana farm had a way of springing to life for boys and girls in her books. Miriam married M. M. Swain in 1924. They had one daughter, Kathleen.

Her first published book was Little Story House, which appeared in 1935. During her prolific career, she wrote over fifty books for young people, and during her later years she also served as a consultant for primers produced for elementary school students.

She moved to Batesville during the late 1940's. She had been researching a book at Madison, and came to Batesville for a visit. She liked the town, and purchased the home at 510 Western Avenue. This became known as "the spooky house" because of its unkempt appearance.

According to her grandson, Andy Beck, the three important things in her life were: church, culture and reading. The last she instilled in her grandson. He was required to read one book a week during his stays at her Batesville home. He would visit the cavernous library on the second floor of the Memorial Building, make his weekly selection, read it, and return the next week every week of his stay. Included in her works were books based on her grandchildren. The book about Andy was entitled, A Small Farm for Andy, appearing in 1958 when he was seven years old. The book about his sister, Kathleen Miriam Beck (Hurwitz), was entitled, Katie Kittenheart, published in 1957.

Miriam Mason Swain would reside in Batesville until her death in 1971.

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Mr. Meadowlark par Miriam Mason

One morning mr. meadowlark woke up and peeped out of is house in Atlanta, Georgia ,he knew something wonderful and
exciting had happened on this wonderful sunny day. indeed, something exciting and wonderful had happened on this hot sunny
day... summer had come!.

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largeroomlibrary | Nov 1, 2021 |

John Audubon: Young Naturalist (Young Patriots series) par Miriam E. Mason

This book is a biography of John Audubon, a young naturalist. He lived in Haiti till one day, his father, Captain Audubon, said he was going to France. His new nanny, Maman Anne, was very nice. He enjoyed France and liked to go outside and explore. He was very fond of birds. His father noticed his skill at drawing birds and sent him to the United States in the hope of finding more interesting birds. This book described John Audubon's quest at drawing all of the birds in the USA.

I liked this book because I learned who John Audubon was. From this book I learned that you should always make a goal and do your best to achieve it. John Audubon achieved his goal of drawing the birds of North America. I learned many interesting things in this book like he was the first one to use "bird banding." This is how he knows if the birds return to the same nesting place. I like nature so I enjoyed reading this biography. I recommend this book to students who like nature and birds.… (plus d'informations)

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ditani | 1 autre critique | Oct 18, 2015 |

Young Audubon, boy naturalist, (Childhood of famous… par Miriam Evangeline Mason

As a general rule, I find biographies boring. I also find most juvenile literature boring. However, I have been pleasantly surprised by Young Audubon! I have been reading this book aloud to my son. I find the book well-written, engaging and sweet. My 8 yo ds, who generally finds heroes among comic figures such as Batman, Spiderman and Ironman, also is happy to listen to the book. In fact, (I homeschool) ds always saved science for the last subject because he did not like it. Slowly, science has been climbing in the school rankings as we've begun reading closer and closer to the morning hours. To conclude, my son and I highly recommend the book.… (plus d'informations)

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HollyinNNV | 1 autre critique | Feb 7, 2009 |

The Middle Sister par Miriam Mason

This book gets points because it's about a middle sister, so I relate (although I am surrounded by brothers, not by sisters and older brothers). Sarah Samantha is afraid of just about everything in sight, which makes moving out to the a new farm in the Minnesota prairie even more difficult. She has a plan to conquer her fears, however. Her uncle has promised to give her his lion's tooth if she makes a dumpling from her apple tree. In pursuit of bringing, protecting, and generally caring for her tree and its apples, Sarah is forced to conquer her fears. In the end she gets the tooth.… (plus d'informations)