The Magic Pawnshop

Rachel Field (1894—1942) was an American novelist, poet and decorated children’s book author. Field had a prolific literary career that began with the publication of her first volume of poetry The Pointed People (1924) and ended with a posthumously published children’s book Prayer for a Child (1944) which would go on the win a Caldecott Medal in 1945. Over the course of two decades, she would publish award-winning children’s fiction such as Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1929) and Calico Bush (1931); as well as critically acclaimed literary fiction such as Time Out of Mind (1935) and And Now tomorrow (1942); enjoying critical and commercial success both in print and on the silver screen.