Elizabeth Goudge (April 24, 1900 - April 1, 1984) was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books. April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Basic Characteristics There is some debate as to what constitutes childrens literature. ...

Born in Wells, she moved with her family to Ely when her father, a clergyman, was transferred there. When her father, Henry Leighton Goudge, was made Regius Professor at Oxford, the family left Ely and went to Christ Church, Oxford. The west front of Wells Cathedral Wells is a small city in the Mendip district of Somerset. ... Ely (pronounced to rhyme with mealy) is a cathedral city in east Cambridgeshire, East Anglia. ... Regius Professorships are Royal Professorships at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. ... The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Christ Church, Oxford - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Elizabeth's first book, The Fairies' Baby and Other Stories (1919), was a failure and it was several years before she authored Island Magic (1934), which is based on Channel Island stories, many of which she had learned from her mother, who was from Jersey. 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Channel Islands of California The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ...

Goudge was awarded the Carnegie Medal for The Little White Horse (1946), the book J K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter stories, said was her favorite as a child. Her Green Dolphin Country (1944), published in the US as Green Dolphin Street, was made into a film and won the MGM award. The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Andrew Carnegie. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - This original edition was distributed throughout the English-speaking world outside of the United States Harry Potter is a fictional young wizard, the protagonist in a series of fantasy and wizardry novels by J. K... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

A Diary of Prayer (1966) was one of Goudge's last works. She spent her last years in her cottage on Peppard Common, just outside Henley-on-Thames. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Henley-on-Thames from the river A Hill near Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from Reading, 10 miles upstream and west from Maidenhead. ...

Bibliography: City of Bells series: A City of Bells (1936) Towers in the Mist (1938) Sister of the Angels: A Christmas Story (1939) The Dean's Watch (1960) Three Cities of Bells (omnibus) (1965)

Eliots of Damerosehay series: The Bird in the Tree (1940) The Herb of Grace (1948) aka Pilgrim's Inn The Heart of the Family (1953) The Eliots of Damerosehay (omnibus) (1957)

Novels: Island Magic (1934) The Middle Window (1935) Smokey House (1940) The Castle on the Hill (1941) The Well of the Star (1941) Henrietta's House (1942) aka The Blue Hills Green Dolphin Street (USA title) (1944) aka Green Dolphin Country (UK title) The Little White Horse (1946) Gentian Hill (1949) Make-Believe (1949) The Valley of Song (1951) The Rosemary Tree (1956) The White Witch (1958) The Scent of Water (1963) Linnets and Valerians (1964) aka The Runaways I Saw Three Ships (1969) The Child From the Sea (1970)

Collections: The Fairies' Baby: And Other Stories (1919) A Pedlar's Pack: And Other Stories (1937) Three Plays: Suomi, The Brontës of Haworth, Fanny Burney (1939) The Golden Skylark: And Other Stories (1941) The Ikon on the Wall: And Other Stories (1943) The Elizabeth Goudge Reader (1946) Songs and Verses (1947) At the Sign of the Dolphin (1947) The Reward of Faith: And Other Stories (1950) White Wings: Collected Short Stories (1952) The Ten Gifts: An Elizabeth Goudge Anthology (1965) A Christmas Book: An Anthology of Christmas Stories (1967) The Lost Angel: Stories (1971) Hampshire Trilogy (omnibus) (1976) Pattern of People: An Elizabeth Goudge Anthology (1978)

Anthologies edited: A Book of Comfort: An Anthology (1964) A Book of Peace: An Anthology (1967) A Book of Faith: An Anthology (1976) A Book of Faith: An Anthology

Non fiction: God So Loved the World: The Story of Jesus (1951) Saint Francis of Assisi (1959) aka My God and My All: The Life of St. Francis of Assisi A Diary of Prayer (1966) The Joy of the Snow: An Autobiography (1974)

Anthologies containing stories by Elizabeth Goudge: Dancing with the Dark (1997)

Short stories: ESP (1974)