Olive Beaupre Miller

Gebundenes Buch

The Little Engine

The Original Tale from 1920

Illustrator: Kurtz, John

Beschreibung

The original, classic motivational tale about a little train engine who takesup the task of carrying a large train up a massive hill is now in a beautifuledition with stunning new art by Kurtz. Full color.

Autor

Olive Kennon Beaupré was born in Aurora, Illinois on September 11, 1883 to William S. and Julia (Brady) Beaupré. She received her B.A. from Smith College in 1904. Olive began writing rhymes and stories to entertain her child, and was encouraged by her husband Harry to publish some of her writings. In 1917, P.F. Volland Company published "Sunny Rhymes for Happy Children." P.F. Volland Company published two more of Olive's works, "Come Play with Me" and "Whisk Away on a Sunbeam," in 1918. In 1919 Olive founded The Book House for Children publishing company with Harry, Olive assumed the title of Editor and published all of her subsequent material either solely through The Book House or through other publishing companies in conjunction with The Book House. . My Book House became the first collection of children's literature which was graded to meet the developing needs and abilities of children at different ages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Racehorse for Young Readers
• Not for Online edition
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 4 bis 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 203mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781631584008
• ISBN-10: 1631584006
• Artikelnr.: 52820834