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Eleanor Cameron

Eleanor Cameron

Author Biography & Works

Eleanor Frances (Butler) Cameron was a children's author and critic. She published 20 books in her lifetime, including The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954) and its sequels, a collection of critical essays called The Green and Burning Tree (1969), and The Court of the Stone Children (1973), which won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Books.

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Books by Eleanor Cameron

The Wonderful Flight To The Mushroom Planet

The Wonderful Flight To The Mushroom Planet

(Mushroom Planet) Start here

Sci-fi is a genre with very few :classics:, particularly for children, but The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron would definitely be one of them. Cameron is...

Stowaway To The Mushroom Planet

Stowaway To The Mushroom Planet

(Mushroom Planet)

On their second flight to the planet of Basidium, two boys find that they have a would-be scientist as a stowaway. Sequel to The wonderful flight to the Mushroom Planet.

Mr. Bass's Planetoid

Mr. Bass's Planetoid

(Mushroom Planet)

David and Chuck search for Tyco Bass and Prewytt Brumblydge, the only two people who know if the mysterious Brumblitron machine will destroy the world

A Mystery For Mr. Bass

A Mystery For Mr. Bass

(Mushroom Planet)

Chuck, David, and Tyco Bass venture into unknown areas of the Mushroom Planet to search for information about some fossil bones.

Jewels From The Moon And The Meteor That Couldn't Stay

Jewels From The Moon And The Meteor That Couldn't Stay

(Mushroom Planet)

Jewels from the Moon and the Meteor That Couldn't Stay is a Mushroom Planet story by Eleanor Cameron, a children's adventure on a small planet that only the very small...

Time And Mr. Bass

Time And Mr. Bass

(Mushroom Planet)

Two boys and their friend Mr. Bass share an adventure involving an ancient scroll, theft, and travel by thought.

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