Frances Jenkins Olcott

Good Stories For Great Holidays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Frances Jenkins Olcott was a 20th century writer of children's stories. This collection brings together myths, legends, tales, and historical stories suitable to holiday occasions. There are 120 stories covering topics for 17 different holidays. "Among the men and books contributing to these pages are the Gesta Romanorum, Il Libro d'Oro, Xenophon, Ovid, Lucian, the Venerable Bede, William of Malmesbury. John of Hildesheim, William Caxton, and the more modern Washington Irving, Hugh Miller, Charles Dickens, and Henry Cabot Lodge; also those immortals, Hans Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Horace E. Scudder, and others." There is a wonderful index at the end of the book, which groups the stories according to the child's age level.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9781438514420
• ISBN-10: 1438514425
• Artikelnr.: 26216776

Autorenporträt

Frances Jenkins Olcott (1872-1963) was an American librarian and writer born in Paris, France. In 1898, she developed the children's department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and became its first head librarian. She edited and wrote a total of more than 20 volumes, including both children's books and volumes about the art of being a children's librarian.