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Rebecca Caudill (February 2, 1899 – 1985) was an American author of children's literature, publishing over twenty books. Caudill's book, Tree of Freedom, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1950. A Pocketful of Cricket was a Caldecott Honor Book.

Caudill graduated from Wesleyan College and, in 1922, received her master's degree from Vanderbilt University. She taught English in high school and college, and worked briefly as an editor. She moved to Urbana, Illinois when she married James Ayars in 1931.

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