As per our current Database, Eleanor Estes has been died on Jul 15, 1988 (age 82).
When Eleanor Estes die, Eleanor Estes was 82 years old.
| Popular As | Eleanor Estes |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 82 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 9, 1906 (West Haven, CT) |
| Birthday | May 9 |
| Town/City | West Haven, CT |
| Nationality | CT |
Eleanor Estes’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Eleanor Estes was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Children's author who wrote nearly two dozen books and won the Newbery Medal for her 1951 work, Ginger Pye. Her other works include The Moffats, The Hundred Dresses, and Pinky Pye.
She worked as a children's librarian in New Haven, Connecticut and later won a scholarship to the Pratt Institute's library school. She published the first book in her popular Moffats series in 1941.
She had an early hit with The Moffats, a book that told the story of four children who lived in a small Connecticut town around the turn of the 20th century.
She grew up in West Haven, Connecticut as one of four children. She married librarian Rice Estes, and the couple had a daughter named Helena.
Kevin Henkes was another Newbery Medal winner (for his children's book, Olive's Ocean).
