Carol Beach York
{{short description|American writer}}
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Carol Beach York (January 21, 1928 – April 26, 2013) was an American author of juvenile novels.{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Carol+Beach+York |title=Carol Beach York |accessdate=March 20, 2010 |publisher=WorldCat.org}} Hailing from Chicago, Illinois,{{cite book|last=Kaser|first=James A.|title=The Chicago of Fiction: A Resource Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_oWSHXCqXMQC&pg=PA516|date=1 February 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7258-6|pages=516–}} she is best known for novels in the mystery/suspense genre, and for the Butterfield Square Series, which includes Good Charlotte, from which the pop rock band Good Charlotte took its name.
Selected works
- Sparrow Lake, Coward-McCann (1962) No ISBN available; Lib of Cong # 62-8620
- One Summer, Coward-McCann (1963) No ISBN available; Lib of Cong #63-10168
- Miss Know-It-All, F. Watts (1966) No ISBN available
- The Christmas Dolls, illustrated by Victoria de Larrea, F. Watts (1967) No ISBN available
- The Christmas Dolls, (paperback) Scholastic Inc. (1967) {{ISBN|0-590-42435-1}} - "Doll-sized fantasy that works well enough for very little, very girly girls--not too silly, not too sweet."{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carol-beach-york-3/the-christmas-dolls/|website=www.kirkusreviews.com |title=The Christmas Dolls | publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=20 July 2015 }}
- The Good Day Mice, illustrated by Victoria de Larrea, F. Watts (1968) No ISBN available; Lib of Cong # 68-16600 - "Minor mice ellany despite some langy drawings."{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carol-beach-york-4/the-good-day-mice/ |website=www.kirkusreviews.com |title=The Good Day Mice |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=20 July 2015 }}
- The Blue Umbrella, Franklin Watts (1968) No ISBN available; Lib of Cong # 68-10107
- The Christmas Dolls, Chatto & Windus (Britain) (1969) {{ISBN|0-7011-0295-0}}
- Good Charlotte, illustrated by Victoria de Larrea, F. Watts (1969) No ISBN available; Lib of Cong 71-79850
- Nothing Ever Happens Here, Hawthorn Books (1970) No ISBN available; Lib of Cong # 75-106180
- Miss Know-It-All Returns, illustrated by Victoria de Larrea, F. Watts (1972) {{ISBN|0-531-02558-6}}
- Mystery at Dark Wood, Watts (1972) No ISBN available
- The Secret of the Tree House, formerly published as The Tree House Mystery, Weekly Reader Books (1973) No ISBN available
- Takers and Returners, Thomas Nelson, Inc. (1973) {{ISBN|0-8407-6292-5}} - "Slight on characterization and atmosphere, Takers and Returners nevertheless accurately and suspensefully demonstrates the dynamics of a dare."{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carol-beach-york-4/takers-and-returners/ |website=www.kirkusreviews.com |title=Takers and Returners |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=20 July 2015 }}
- I Will Make You Disappear, T. Nelson (1974) {{ISBN|0-8407-6410-3}}
- Beware of This Shop, Thomas Nelson Publishers (1977) {{ISBN|978-0840765499}}
- Remember Me When I'm Dead, Elsevier/Nelson (1980) {{ISBN|0-525-66694-X}}
- The Look-Alike Girl, Beaufort Books (1980) {{ISBN|0-8253-0016-9}}
- Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, written by Washington Irving, illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft, Troll Associates (1980) {{ISBN|0-8937-5299-1}}
- Stray Dog, Beaufort Books (1981) {{ISBN|0-8253-0046-0}}
- Candles in the Window, Dutton (1982)
- Miss Know-it-All and the Wishing Lamp, illustrated by Leslie Merrill, Bantam Books (1987) {{ISBN|0-553-15536-9}}
- Pudmuddles, illustrated by Lisa Thiesing, HarperCollins (1993) {{ISBN|0-06-020436-2}}
- The Key to the Playhouse, Scholastic Inc. (1994) {{ISBN|0-590-46258-X}}
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