卡羅爾・萊利・布林剋是美國最知名、最優秀的兒童文學作傢之一。卡羅爾在愛達商荷州冊生、長大，八歲時父母雙亡，搬去跟祖母同住。她迴憶全部與她移民時期在威斯康辛的童年生活有關。她那1860年代的童年生活，竟成為我1900年代的童年生活的一部分。”後來 ，卡羅爾根據祖母童年生活寫成《伍德龍一傢》，榮獲1936年紐伯瑞金牌奬。卡羅爾在念愛達荷和加州大學期間，開始嘗試寫詩和短篇故事。等她結婚生子後，又開始為孩子們寫故事。卡羅爾說：“在我的書裏麵，我喜歡保留一些真實性，而且這都與我個人的經驗有關。在任何一種創作中，這種第一手資料，往往可以給作者和讀者來滿足感。一本缺乏作者個人生活經驗的作品，很不能夠打動人心。”

Caddie Woodlawn, which has been captivating young readers since 1935, was awarded the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Now it is in a brand-new edition with lively illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. In her new foreword, Carol Ryrie Brink lovingly recalls the real Caddie, who was her grandmother, and tells how she often "sat spellbound, listening, listening!" as Caddie told stories of her pioneer childhood. Children everywhere will love redheaded Caddie with her penchant for pranks. Scarcely out of one scrape before she is into another, she refuses to be a "lady," preferring instead to run the woods with her brothers. Whether she is crossing the lake on a raft, visiting an Indian camp, or listening to the tales of the circuit rider, Caddie's adventures provide an exciting and authentic picture of life on the Wisconsin frontier in the 1860s. And readers will discover, as Caddie learns what growing up truly means, that it is not so very different today.