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Marion Catherine "Kitty" Barne (1883 – 3 February 1961〔) was a British screenwriter and author of children's books, especially on music and musical themes.〔 She won the 1940 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.〔 She was born and brought up in Sussex and later studied at the Royal College of Music. She married Eric Streatfeild in 1912, becoming the cousin-in-law of another popular children's writer Noel Streatfeild. Eric Streatfeild was the first cousin of Noel Streatfeild's father. Barne was a member of the Women's Voluntary Service, responsible for the reception of children evacuated to Sussex. During the war years, she published six novels,〔 most notably ''Visitors from London'' about evacuees (J. M. Dent, 1940). For that work she won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.〔 She is best known now for her pony books ''Rosina Copper'' and its sequel ''Rosina and Son'', about the true story of an Argentine polo pony mare that was rescued from neglect after being ordered to be killed. They were illustrated by Alfons Purtscher and Marcia Lane Foster respectively. Apart from her novels, she wrote some non-fiction books, including a biography of Elizabeth Fry (who was her husband's great grandmother) in 1950, a book about the orchestra and a history of the Girl Guides. She was the Girl Guides "Commissioner for Music and Drama" for some years.〔 Ruth Gervis, the illustrator of a number of her books, said of her: }} She died on 3 February 1961 after a long illness.〔 ==Selected works== *''The Easter Holidays'' aka ''Secret of the Sandhills'' (1935) *''She Shall Have Music'' (1938) *''Family Footlights'' (1939) *''Visitors from London'' (1940) *''Listening to the Orchestra'' (1941) *''May I Keep Dogs?'' aka ''Bracken, My Dog'' (1941) *''We'll Meet in England'' (1942) *''The Amber Gate'' (1942) *''Three and a Pigeon'' (1944) *''In the Same Boat'' (1945) *''Here Come the Girl Guides'' (1946) *''Musical Honours'' (1947) *''Bracken My Dog'' (1949) *''Dusty's Windmill'' (1949) *''Roly's Dog'' (1950) *''Elizabeth Fry: a story biography'' (1950) *''The Windmill Mystery'' (1950) *''Barbie'' (1952) *''Admiral's Walk'' (1953) *''Music Perhaps'' (1953) *''Rosina Copper'' (1954) *''Tann's Boarders'' (1955) *''Rosina and Son'' (1956) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kitty Barne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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