Happy birthday, Dorothy Canfield Fisher

It is the birthday of author and activist Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1897), who is credited with bringing The Montessori Method of early childhood education to the United States, advocating for women’s rights and lifelong education, and writing best-selling novels and short-story collections. The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award honors new American children’s books. The annual winner is chosen by a vote of Vermont schoolchildren. The first award was presented to Old Bones, the Wonder Horse in 1957.