One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

According to Ruth Hill Viguers Field was "fifteen when Rachel Field first visited Maine and fell under the spell of its 'island-scattered coast'. Nicholas Magazine. Field also won a National Book Award Newbery Honor award and two of her books are on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list.

Field also won a National Book Award Newbery Honor award and two of her books are on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list. She is best known for the Newbery Award-winning Hitty Her First Hundred Years.