Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry, famous for her horse stories, discovered her interest in writing as an ill young girl confined to bed. She was born Marguerite Breithaupt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 13, 1902. In order to prevent the spread of illness, Henry did not join other young children at school, and was in bed with rheumatic fever until she was twelve. In the meantime, she read voraciously and wrote short stories about animals, one of which she sold to a magazine.

Henry achieved praise and popularity with the publication of her novel, Misty of Chincoteague, in 1947, although she had been widely published since 1940 with works like Justin Morgan Had a Horse. Henry continued to write constantly until her death at the age of ninety-five on November 26, 1997, turning out many Newberry prize and honor-winning works. She and her husband Sidney Crocker Henry were married for sixty-four years, and although they had no children, they welcomed many pet animals into their home, an example of the love for animals that made Henry's works so popular.

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Album of Dogs
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
Album of Horses
by Marguerite Henry
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Album of Horses
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
Album of Horses
by Marguerite Henry
from Aladdin Books
Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
$15.99
All About Horses
All About Books #43
by Marguerite Henry
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
by Marguerite Henry & Wesley Dennis
from Bobbs-Merril Co
Biography for 1st-6th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
Birds at Home
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Jacob Bates Abbott
from M. A. Donohue & Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
Black Gold
by Marguerite Henry
from Rand McNally
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Black Gold (pictorial cover)
by Marguerite Henry
from Rand McNally
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Born to Trot
by Marguerite Henry
First Edition from Rand McNally
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Born to Trot
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
Reprint from Simon and Schuster
for 4th-8th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (pictorial hardcover)
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Bonnie Shields
from Simon and Schuster
Animal Stories: Realistic for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Cinnabar, the One O'Clock Fox
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Five O'Clock Charlie
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Gaudenzia
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
G&D Famous Horse Stories
by Marguerite Henry
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis
1st edition from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis
1958th edition from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.60 (1 in stock)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse (pictorial cover)
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
King of the Wind
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Aladdin Paperbacks
Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade
1949 Newbery Medal winner
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
$19.99
King of the Wind
by Marguerite Henry
1950th edition from Rand McNally
Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade
1949 Newbery Medal winner
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.60 (1 in stock)
King of the Wind (pictorial hardcover)
by Marguerite Henry
from Aladdin Paperbacks
Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade
1949 Newbery Medal winner
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Marguerite Henry's All About Horses
by Marguerite Henry
Deluxe from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 3rd-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Misty of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.60 (2 in stock)
Misty of Chincoteague
Junior Deluxe Editions
by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Don Bolognese
from Junior Deluxe Editions
for 4th-8th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Misty of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.60 (1 in stock)
Misty Of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry
Deluxe from Simon and Schuster
for 3rd-6th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
$11.20 (1 in stock)
Misty of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry
Book Club Edition from Rand McNally
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Misty's Twilight
by Marguerite Henry
1st edition from Simon & Schuster Macmillan
for 4th-6th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West (pictorial hardcover)
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Robert Lougheed
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague (pictorial hardcover)
by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
from Rand McNally
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Stormy, Misty's Foal
by Marguerite Henry
from Rand McNally
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.60 (1 in stock)
Stormy, Misty's Foal (pictorial hardcover)
by Marguerite Henry
from Rand McNally
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.60 (2 in stock)
White Stallion of Lipizza
by Marguerite Henry
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for 2nd-5th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
$15.99
White Stallion of Lipizza
by Marguerite Henry
from Children's Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)