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Monica Shannon
Monica Shannon (1890–1965) was a Canadian-born American children's author. Her book, ''Dobry'', published in 1934, received the Newbery Medal.
==Life==
Shannon moved to the United States before her first birthday. She grew up on ranches in the American west. The stories told by her father's Bulgarian ranch-hands influenced her writing, as did her love for nature.〔Chevalier, Tracy (editor), ''Twentieth-Century Children's Writers'', St. James Press, 1989, p. 880.〕 Even as a child Shannon's writing reflected her love for nature and the shepherds on her family's ranch. For one elementary school assignment to write about her favorite Bible character, Shannon chose Joseph of the Old Testament, who was a shepherd as a young boy. The story so impressed her teacher that Shannon won a special award for it. Shannon worked at the Los Angeles Public Library from 1915 to 1925.〔 She lived at Three Rivers, California.〔''Newbery Medal Books: 1922–1955'', eds. Bertha Mahony Miller, Elinor Whitney Field, ''Horn Book'', 1955, LOC 55-13968, p. 129.〕
Shannon's first book, ''California Fairy Tales'', was published by Doubleday in 1926. It includes stories from the US, Spain, and Ireland. ''Dobry'' was published in 1934. It tells the story of a young peasant boy who longs to be a sculptor. Dobry's father is dead, and his mother wants him to work the land. His grandfather, however, supports his dream and encourages him to follow his dreams. Some of Dobry's experiences come from the life of Atanas Katchamakoff, the Bulgarian-born sculptor who illustrated the book.〔
Monica Shannon died August 13, 1965.〔
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