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Margaret Hodges

Born

in Indianapolis, IN, The United States

July 26, 1911

Died

December 13, 2005

Genre

Children's

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Margaret "Peggy" Hodges was an American writer of books for children.

She was born Sarah Margaret Moore in Indianapolis, Indiana to Arthur Carlisle and Annie Marie Moore. She enrolled at Tudor Hall, a college preparatory school for girls. A 1932 graduate of Vassar College, she arrived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband Fletcher Hodges Jr. when in 1937 he became curator at the Stephen Foster Memorial. She trained as a librarian at Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University, under Elizabeth Nesbitt, and she volunteered as a storyteller at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Beginning in 1958 with One Little Drum, she wrote and published more than 40 books.

Her 1985 book Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated b ...more

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	Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 8,244 ratings — published 1963 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur by Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 1,050 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merlin and the Making of the King by Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wave by Margaret Hodges, Blair Lent (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1964 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Drew Cats by Margaret Hodges, Aki Sogabe (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2002 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silent Night: The Song and Its Story by Margaret Hodges, Tim Ladwig (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comus by Margaret Hodges (Adaptor), John Milton, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What's for Lunch, Charley? by Margaret Hodges, Aliki (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1961 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Tale of Johnny Appleseed by Margaret Hodges, Kimberly Bulcken Root (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of Saint Christopher by Margaret Hodges, Richard Jesse Watson (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The Fairy Queen has sent you to do brave deeds in this world. That High City that you see is in another world. Before you climb the path to it and hang your shield on its wall, go down into the valley and fight the dragon that you were sent to fight.”
― Margaret Hodges, Saint George and the Dragon

tags: bravery, dragon, dragon-slaying, work

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“Heart cannot think what outrage and what cries, with black smoke and flashing fire, the beast threw forth, turning the whole world to darkness.”
― Margaret Hodges, Saint George and the Dragon

tags: dragons

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“The path they had to follow was straight and narrow, but not easy to see.”
― Margaret Hodges, Saint George and the Dragon

tags: inspirational

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