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| Author | Rachel Field |
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| Illustrator | Dorothy P. Lathrop |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
Publication date | 1929 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 207 |
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years is a children's novel written by Rachel Field and published in 1929. It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1930. The book is told from the point of view of an inanimate doll named Hitty (short for Mehitabel), who was constructed in the 1820s and traveled around the world, through many different owners.
In 1999, Susan Jeffers and Rosemary Wells updated, simplified, and rewrote Hitty's story, adding an episode about Hitty's experiences in the American Civil War.[1]
- ^ Spires, Elizabeth (November 21, 1999). "The Name is the Same". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2018.