The Sunbonnet Babies' Book
The Sunbonnet Babies' Book
Chicago, NY & London: Rand, McNally & Co., 1902. 6 x 8 1/4". 105 [1] pp. Tan pictorial cloth over boards, some staining on the cover, some minor stains inside, a slight tear on p. 33, pictorial endpapers with music by H. H. Neidlinger, many colorful illustrations by Bertha L. Corbett throughout, very good condition.
Eulalie Osgood Grover (1873 - 1958) was forn in Mantorville, Minnesota. She created a series of reading primers for young readers featuring two little girls named Mollie and May, whose faces were completely hidden by large sunbonnets. The Sunbonnet Babies Primer was a huge success and was widely accepted in public schools throughout the United states. In 1905, Miss Grover published a second series, The Overall Boys, which introduced little boy characters.
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Co.
- Binding
- Hardcover