A Bibliography of Resources

By Cathy Bredlau

February 5, 2007

BOOKS BY CONTEMPORARY HUMORISTS

• Roughly Speaking, by Louise Randall Pierson
• We Took to the Woods, by Louise Dickinson Rich
• Chicken Every Sunday, by Rosemary Taylor
• Raising Demons, by Shirley Jackson
• Life Among the Savages, by Shirley Jackson
• With Malice Toward Some, by Margaret Halsey

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BOOKS BY COLLEAGUES OF BETTY MACDONALD

• Much Laughter, A Few Tears, by Blanche Caffiere.
• Nisei Daughter, by Monica Sone.
• Sketchbook: A memoir of the 30’s and the Northwest School, by William Cumming.

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REFERENCE WORKS

• Current Biography Yearbook 1946:362-3 1947
• Twentieth Century Authors; 1st sup. Wilson 1955 p611-12 bibliog por
• Authors of Books For Young People. By Ward and Marquardt. Scarecrow 1964 p144
• Yesterday’s Authors of Books For Children; v.1 Gale 1977 p167-73 bibl il por
• Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults: a selection of sketches from Something
• About the Author; [edited by] Laurie Collier and Joyce Nakamura. Gale Res. 1993 p1539-43 bibl il pors.
• The Popular Book, by James D. Hart. 1

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MAGAZINE ARTICLES

• “Onions in the Stew”; condensation. Pors Ladies Home Journal 71:54-5+ D 1954
• “Unforgettable Character”. Reader’s Digest 64:91-4 F 1954
• “Money and I”. Cosmopolitan Magazine. June 1949
• “All the Joys”. Por Good Housekeeping 141:45+ Jl 1955
• “Facts About Adolescence”[from Onions in the Stew]. Saturday Review 38:16 Ap 9, 1955
• “Funny Lady”. Por Newsweek 45:116+ My 16 1955
• “I’m an Optimist!” Por Farm Journal 80:79-80+ Ja 1956
• “It All Happened To M”. Pors Sat Eve Post 222:19-21+ Je 17; 26-7+ Je 24; 223:28-9+ Jl 1; 36-7+ Jl 1950
• “Most Unforgettable Character I’ve Met”. Reader’s Digest 55:11-15, Jl 1949
• “Glamorous Grandmothers”. Il. por Coronet 29: 122-3 F 1951 Portrait. Sat Review of Literature 33:26 S 16 1950
• “Betty MacDonald Cleared in West Coast libel action”. Publishers Weekly 159:1344 March 17 1951
• “Plague and I”. por (p33 Ag) Good Housekeeping 127:42-3+ Ag; 42-3+ S; 85+ O 1948
• “Egg and I”; novel; abridged. Atlantic Monthly 175:97-106 Je; 176-91-100 Jl; 97-106 Ag 1945
• “Egg and I”; novel; abridged. Read Digest 49:139—59 N 1946
• “Biography”. Por Current Biography 7:29-31 F 1946
• “Life Goes Calling on the Author of The Egg and I”. il pors Life 20:134-7 Mr 18 1946
• “Portrait”. Publishers Weekly 151:415 Jan 25 1947
• “Lippincott Celebrates Millionth Copy of The Egg and I”. il Publishers Weekly 150:1232-3 Sept. 7, 1946.
• “Portrait”. Sat Review of Literature 28:28 Oct. 6 1945
• “Scrawk!” Il por Time 47:99-100+ Mr 4 1946
• “In and Out of Books” Thompson, R. por NY Times Bk Review p8 D 5 1948
• “Life in MacDonald Manor”. Il por Sat Eve Post 222:172 Je 17 1950
• “Important Authors of the Fall, Speaking for Themselves”. B.B. MacDonald. Por NY Herald Tribune Bk R. p6 Oct. 8 1950
• “Betty MacDonald Had a Farm”. Fish, P. il Sunset (Natl. ed.) v207 no3 p22 S 2001

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OBITUARIES

• Obituary. Americana Annual 1959:515 1959
• Obituary. Britannica Book of the Year: 1959 p.513
• Obituary. Current Biography Yearbook 1958:260 1958
• Obituary. Current Biography 19:20 Ap 1958
• Obituary. Illustrated London News por 232:271 F 15 1958
• Obituary. NY Times p19 F 8 1958
• Obituary. Newsweek por 51:72 F 17 1958
• Obituary. Publishers Weekly 173:86 F 17 1958
• Obituary. Time 71:102 F 17 1958
• Obituary. Wilson Library Bulletin 32:535 Ap 1958
• Obituary. Seattle Times. Feb 8, 1958

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

• “Betty M’Donald is Sued”. New York Times. Feb 7 1951 p27
• “Egg and I Author Wins Suit”. New York Times. Feb 22 1951. p29
• “Betty MacDonald’s Scramble to the Top” by Don Duncan. Seattle Times. March 11, 1973

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BOOK REVIEWS

• The Egg and I (1945)
  • Book Week p10 O 14 1945 360w
  • Booklist 42:54 O 15 1945
  • Commonweal 42:628 O 12 1945 80w
  • Kirkus 13:328 O 12 1945 80w
  • Library J 70:748 S 1 1945 80w
  • NY Times p20 O 7 1945 450w
  • Sat R of Lit 28:28 O 6 1945 650w
  • Springf’d Republican p4D O 21 1945 550w
  • Weekly Book Review p2 O 7 1945 650w
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1947)
  • Atlantic 179:128 Je 1947 120w
  • Booklist 43:260 Ap 15 1947
  • Chgo Sun Book Week p8 My 11 1947 70w
  • Christian Science Monitor p10 Jl 15 1947 150w
  • Horn Book 23:213 My 1947 120w
  • Kirkus 15:127 Mr 1 1947 180w
  • Library J 72:739 My 1 1947 90w
  • NY Herald Tribune Wkly Bk R p8 Mr 23 1947 430w
  • NY Times p33 Ap 20 1947 230w
  • New Yorker 23:150 D 6 1947 60w
  • San Francisco Chronicle p11 Ap 6 1947 320w
  • School & Society 65:214 Mr 22 1947 20w
  • Wis Lib Bul 43:70 Ap 1947
  • DAR Mag. v 81 1947, p495
• The Plague and I (1948)
  • Atlantic 183:82 Ja 1949 550w
  • Booklist 45:28 S 15 1948
  • Chicago Sun O 19 1948 750w
  • Library J 73:1270 S 15 1948 100w
  • NY Herald Tribune Wkly Bk R p19 O 17 1948 460w
  • NY Times p6 O 17 1948 700w
  • San Francisco Chronicle p20 O 31 1948 600w
  • Sat R of Lit 31:17 N 20 1948 800w
  • Springf’d Republican p12C D 5 1948 180w
  • Time 52:118 O 25 1948 140w
  • Wis Lib Bul 44:183 N 1948
• Anybody Can Do Anything (1950)
  • Atlantic 186:82 O 1950 360w
  • Booklist 46:281 350 My 15 1950; Jl 15 1950
  • Bookmark 10:5 O 1950 30w
  • Chicago Sun p8 Ag 27 1950 500w
  • Chgo Sunday Tribune p3 Ag 27 1950 500w
  • Christian Science Monitor p16 Ag 24 1950 420w
  • Kirkus 18:492 Ag 15 1950 210w
  • Library J 75:1287 Ag 1950 130w
  • NY Herald Tribune Bk R p9 Ag 27 1950 750w
  • NY Times p6 Ag 27 1950
  • San Francisco Chronicle p11 Ag 27 1950
  • Sat R of Lit 33:26 S 16 1950 700w
  • Time 56:82 Ag 28 1950 330w
  • DAR Mag, v84 1950, p946
• Nancy and Plum (1952)
  • Bookmark 12:12 O 1952 20w
  • Chgo Sunday Tribune p17 N 9 1952
  • Kirkus 20:369 Jl 1 1952
  • NY Herald Tribune Bk R p16 O 12 1952
  • San Francisco Chronicle p22 N 30 1952
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm (1954)
  • Chgo Sunday Tribune p15 O 17 1954 110w
  • Kirkus 22:387 Jl 1 1954 110w
  • NY Herald Tribune Bk R pt2 p6 N 14 1954 290w
  • San Francisco Chronicle p16 N 14 1954 110w
  • Sat R 37:34 S 18 1954 1400w
• Onions in the Stew (1955)
  • Booklist 51:233; 336 F 1 1955; Ap 15 1955
  • Bookmark 14:187 My 1955 40w
  • Chicago Sunday Tribune p1 My 15 1955 650w
  • Christian Century 72:709 Je 15 1955 450w
  • Kirkus 23:63 Ja 15 1955
  • Library J 80:784 Ap 1 1955
  • NY Herald Tribune Bk R p3 My 15 1955
  • NY Times p3 My 15 1955
  • New Yorker 31:126 Je 4, 1955
  • San Francisco Chronicle p18 My 15 1955 900w
  • Sat R 38:20 My 14 1955 700w
  • Spec p593 My 6 1955
  • Springf’d Republican p7C My 15, 1955
  • Wis Lib Bul 51:11 My 1955
• Hello, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (1957)
  • Chicago Sunday Tribune pt 2 p5 My 12 1957 170w
  • Bookmark 16:165 Ap 1957 50w
  • Kirkus 25:3 Ja 1 1957 90w
  • Library Journal 82:1358 My 15 1957 60w
  • NY Herald Tribune Bk R p20 My 12 1957 190w
  • San Francisco Chronicle p26 My 12 1957 30w
  • Wis Lib Bul 53:406 My 1957
• Who Me?: An Autobiography (1959)
  • Booklist 56:186 N 15, 1959
  • Bookmark 19:35 N 1959 40w
  • Kirkus 27:777 O 1, 1959 100w
  • San Francisco Chronicle p14 N 22, 1959 110w
  • Times (London) Lit Supp p494 Ag 5 1960 40w