Katherine Binney Shippen

Katherine Binney Shippen (April 1, 1892 – February 20, 1980) was an American history teacher, museum curator, and children's writer.

Katherine Binney Shippen
Born	Katherine Binney Shippen (1892-04-01)April 1, 1892 Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Died	February 20, 1980(1980-02-20) (aged 87) Suffern, New York, USA
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Bryn Mawr Columbia University
Genre	Children's literature
Notable works	New Found World Men, Microscopes, and Living Things
Notable awards	Newbery Honor
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Early life and education

Shippen was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on April 1, 1892, to Francis and Ellen Shippen. She earned a B.A. degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1914 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1929.^[1]

Career

While studying for her master's degree, Shippen taught history at the Beard School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Orange, New Jersey (1917–26) and then at The Brearley School in Manhattan borough (1926–35). She then served as the headmistress at Miss Fine's School (now Princeton Day School) in Princeton, New Jersey, for the next nine years. In 1945, the Brooklyn Children's Museum named Shippen curator of the social studies department.^[2] In the same year, she published her first book, New Found World. Shippen published 21 books throughout her career and twice won the Newbery Honor Award.^[3] Several of her books have been translated into Swedish, German, Polish, Spanish, and Greek editions. She died on February 20, 1980, in Suffern, NY.^[1]

Books

Year	Title	Notes
1945	New Found World[4]	1946 Newbery Honor recipient[3] Junior Literary Guild selection[1]
1947	The Great Heritage[5]	Junior Literary Guild selection[1]
1949	The Bright Design[6]	Junior Literary Guild selection[1]
	Moses[7]
1950	Passage to America: the story of the great migrations[8]
	Lightfoot: the story of an Indian boy[9]
1951	Leif Eriksson, first voyager to America[10]
	A Bridle for Pegasus[11]
1953	Big Mose[12]
1954	The pool of knowledge: how the United Nations share their skills[13]
	I Know a City: the story of New York's growth[14]
1955	Miracle in motion: the story of America's industry[15]
	Men, Microscopes, and Living Things[16]	- 1955 Newbery Honor recipient[17] - Later published under the title So Many Marvels in 1968[18]
	Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone[19]	Reprinted as Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone, 1982 [20]
1957	Men of Medicine[21]
1958	Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel[22]
	This Union Cause: The Growth of Organized Labor in America[23]
1959	Milton S. Hershey[24]	with Paul A. W. Wallace
1963	Portals to the Past: The Story of Archaeology[25]
	The Heritage of Music[26]	with Anca Seidlova
1964	Men of Archaeology[27]