{{Short description|Children's book author and journalist}}

{{Infobox writer | name = Sarah Addington | image = Sara_Addington.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1891 <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = 1940 <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = New York City | resting_place = | occupation = | language = | residence = | nationality = American | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Earlham College <br>Columbia University | genre = Children's literature | notableworks = <!-- or: | notablework = --> | spouse = Howard Reid | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} --> | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc; or omit --> }} '''Sarah Addington''' (1891–1940) was an author of children's books and a newspaper journalist.

==Early life== Addington was born in 1891. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana in 1912. She then studied at Columbia University. She married Howard Carl Reid in 1917.<ref>''Who's Who Among North American Authors''. Los Angeles: Golden Syndicate Pub. Co, 1921, p. 8.</ref><ref>Coyle, William. ''Ohio Authors and Their Books''. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1962, p. 3. {{OCLC|26001827}}</ref>

==Later life== During her later life, she made her home in New York City. She died there on November 7, 1940.<ref>Coyle, William. ''Ohio Authors and Their Books''. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1962, p. 3. {{OCLC|26001827}}</ref>

==Selected works== [[File:The boy who lived in Pudding lane (IA boywholivedinpud00addi).pdf|thumb|''The Boy who Lived in Pudding Lane'']] *''The Boy Who Lived in Pudding Lane: Being a True Account, If Only You Believe It, of the Life and Ways of Santa, Oldest Son of Mr. & Mrs. Claus''. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922. *''Pied Piper of Pudding Lane''. Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. {{OCLC|17400199}} *''Round the Year in Pudding Lane.'' Illustrated by Gertrude Alice Kay. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924. {{OCLC| 6579353}} *''Pudding Lane People''. Illustrated by Janet Laura Scott. Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1926. {{OCLC| 11418973}} *''Jerry Juddkins''. 1926. *''Tommy Tingle Tangle''. Illustrated by Gertrude Alice Kay. Joliet: P. F. Volland Company, 1927. *''Grammar Town''. Illustrated by Gertrude Alice Kay. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1927. {{OCLC|19714125}} *''Dance Team''. New York: D. Appleton, 1931. {{OCLC| 23761728}} *''Hound of Heaven''. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1935. {{OCLC|3711445}}

==References== {{reflist}}

*Wallace, W. Stewart. ''A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased Before 1950''. Detroit: Gale Research Co, 1968. {{OCLC| 285718}}

==External links== * [https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_11220805 Sarah Addington papers, 1921–1937] at Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library (finding aid) * {{LCAuth|no90027457|Sarah Addington|9|}}

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