Eleanor Clymer, born Eleanor Lowenton, was an American writer of children's books, best known for *The Trolley Car Family* (1947). She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1928 with a degree in English. Between the years of 1943 and 1983 she published 58 books, including *The Tiny Little House*, *My Brother Stevie*, and *Hamburgers–and Ice Cream for Dessert*. - Wikipedia