Marie Hall Ets (born December 16, 1895 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American author and illustrator. She attended Lawrence College, and in 1918, Mrs. Ets journeyed to Chicago where she became a social worker at the Chicago Commons, a settlement house on the northwest side of the city. In 1960 she won the Caldecott Medal for her illustrations of Nine Days to Christmas. She died in 1984.
Bibliography
- Mister Penny, 1935
- Story of a Baby, 1939
- In the Forest, 1944
- My Dog Rinty, 1946
- Oley, the Sea monster, 1947
- Little Old Automobile, 1948
- Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo, 1951
- Beasts and Nonsense, 1952
- Another Day, 1953
- Play With Me, 1955
- Mister Penny's Race Horse, 1956
- Cow's Party, 1958
- Nine Days to Christmas, 1959
- Mister Penny's Circus, 1961
- Gilberto and the Wind, 1963
- Automobiles for Mice, 1964
- Just Me, 1965
- Bad Boy, Good Boy, 1967
- Talking Without Words: I Can. Can You?, 1968
- Rosa, the Life of an Italian Immigrant, 1970
- Elephant in a Well, 1972
- Jay Bird, 1974
