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Frances Jenkins Olcott

American children's librarian and writer

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American children's librarian and writer

Born 1872
Died 1963-03-29

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  • Cover of: Good stories for great holidays: arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

    First published in 1914 12 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition goodstoriesforgr00olco Cover of edition goodstoriesforgr0000olco
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  • Cover of: Story-telling poems: selected and arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

    First published in 1913 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition storytellingpoemolcorich Cover of edition storytellingpoem0000olco
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  • Cover of: Story-telling ballads: selected and arranged for story-telling and reading aloud, and for the boys' and girls' own reading

    First published in 1920 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_0896092348
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  • Cover of: The children's reading

    First published in 1923 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The wonder garden: nature myths and tales from all the world over for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

    First published in 1919 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition wondergardennatu00olcoiala Cover of edition wondergardennatu00olco
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  • Cover of: Bible stories to read and tell: 150 stories from the Old Testament, with references to the Old and New Testaments

    First published in 1916 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The children's reading

    First published in 1912 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition childrensreading00olcoiala Cover of edition childrensreadin00olcogoog
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  • Cover of: More tales from the Arabian nights

    First published in 1915 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The book of elves and fairies

    First published in 1918 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition bookofelvesfairi0000olco
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  • Cover of: Good stories for anniversaries

    First published in 1971 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Good stories for great birthdays: arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

    First published in 1922 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition goodstoriesforbi00olco
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  • Cover of: The red Indian fairy book for the children's own reading and for story-tellers

    First published in 1917 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition indianfairytale00olcorich
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  • Cover of: Tales of the Persian genii

    First published in 1919 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Arabian nights' entertainments

    First published in 1913 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Bible stories to read and tell: 150 stories from the Old Testament, with references to the Old and New Testaments

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  • Cover of: Good stories for great holidays

    First published in 1942 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The book of elves and fairies for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

    First published in 1918 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Fairy tales for children

    First published in 1898 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The jolly book for boys and girls

    First published in 1915 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Rational library work with children and the preparation for it.

    First published in 1905 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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American children's librarian and writer

Born 1872
Died 1963-03-29
Subjects
Fairy tales, Children's literature, Collections, Folklore, Anecdotes, Bibliography, Children's poetry, History, Storytelling, Books and reading, Children, Children's stories, English Ballads, English Bible stories, English poetry, Holidays, O.T., Poetry, Recitations, Texts, American Ballads, American Narrative poetry, American poetry, Anniversaries, Ballades anglaises
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United States, Collections, England, Iran, Scotland

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September 23, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
September 23, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 23, 2023 Edited by David Scotson added data from wikidata
August 20, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import