Prolific poet and author of fiction and non-fiction. She is best remembered as an author of children’s books, most notably “The Cat That Went To Heaven,” which won the prestigious Newbery Medal for Children’s literature and has been in continuous print for the past 75 years. Over 80 of her children’s books have been published, including “Away Goes Sally,” “Five Bushel Farm,” “The White Horse,” and “Trudy and the Tree House.” She married Henry Beston (1888-1968), who was also a writer. They lived on a farm in Nobleboro, Maine, where they are both buried in a family plot.  (bio by: Buddy from Budd Lake)