Mary Treadgold (1910-2005) was a British author who won the Carnegie Medal in 1941 for her children's book We Couldn't Leave Dinah. Treadgold attended St Paul's Girls' School and Bedford College, London. She was a publisher by trade working for the firm of Raphael Tuck and later at Heinemann's as their first Children's Editor. In her position Treadgold frequently read stories about ponies and pony clubs.

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  • Mary Treadgold (1910-2005) was a British author who won the Carnegie Medal in 1941 for her children's book We Couldn't Leave Dinah. Treadgold attended St Paul's Girls' School and Bedford College, London. She was a publisher by trade working for the firm of Raphael Tuck and later at Heinemann's as their first Children's Editor. In her position Treadgold frequently read stories about ponies and pony clubs. She was dismayed by how subpar most of these were and decided to write her own while hiding out in her air raid shelter during the thick of World War II. Thus We Couldn't Leave Dinah was written. It is the story of children on a fictional Channel Island faced with leaving their pony because of the Nazi occupation. No Ponies is set in post-war France, and The Polly Harris in post-war London, while several of the later books are set in the Heron riding school on the Downs. The Winter Princess concerns the visit of a young African princess to Hampton Court where she meets four English children. It has been described as "perhaps the most delightful book by a most talented writer", and as making "an effective contribution to the race question because there is no mention of it". Mary Treadgold died on May 14, 2005 aged 95.
  • Mary Treadgold född 16 april 1910 i London, död 2005, var en brittisk barnboksförfattare. Treadgold studerade vid St Paul's Girls School och Bedford College, London. Hon var förläggare vid företaget Raphael Tuck och senare vid Heinemanns som deras första barnboksredaktör. I sin anställning fick Treadgold ofta läsa berättelser om ponnyer och ponnyklubbar. Hon blev då varse hur undermåliga många av dessa var och beslutade sig att skriva egna. Medan hon tog skydd i ett skyddsrum under en flygräd under andra världskriget började hon skriva We Couldn't Leave Dinah.
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  • Mary Treadgold (1910-2005) was a British author who won the Carnegie Medal in 1941 for her children's book We Couldn't Leave Dinah. Treadgold attended St Paul's Girls' School and Bedford College, London. She was a publisher by trade working for the firm of Raphael Tuck and later at Heinemann's as their first Children's Editor. In her position Treadgold frequently read stories about ponies and pony clubs.
  • Mary Treadgold född 16 april 1910 i London, död 2005, var en brittisk barnboksförfattare. Treadgold studerade vid St Paul's Girls School och Bedford College, London. Hon var förläggare vid företaget Raphael Tuck och senare vid Heinemanns som deras första barnboksredaktör. I sin anställning fick Treadgold ofta läsa berättelser om ponnyer och ponnyklubbar. Hon blev då varse hur undermåliga många av dessa var och beslutade sig att skriva egna.
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