卡罗尔・莱利・布林克是美国最知名、最优秀的儿童文学作家之一。卡罗尔在爱达商荷州册生、长大，八岁时父母双亡，搬去跟祖母同住。她回忆全部与她移民时期在威斯康辛的童年生活有关。她那1860年代的童年生活，竟成为我1900年代的童年生活的一部分。”后来 ，卡罗尔根据祖母童年生活写成《伍德龙一家》，荣获1936年纽伯瑞金牌奖。卡罗尔在念爱达荷和加州大学期间，开始尝试写诗和短篇故事。等她结婚生子后，又开始为孩子们写故事。卡罗尔说：“在我的书里面，我喜欢保留一些真实性，而且这都与我个人的经验有关。在任何一种创作中，这种第一手资料，往往可以给作者和读者来满足感。一本缺乏作者个人生活经验的作品，很不能够打动人心。”

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.