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Madeline Brandeis (1887–1937)

Author of Little Anne of Canada

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Other names
Frank, Madeline (birth name)
Birthdate
1887-12-18
Date of death
1937-06-28
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Place of death
Gallup, New Mexico, USA
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Occupations
children's book author
Film producer
screenwriter
photographer
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Madeline Brandeis was born in San Francisco and attended Miss Burke’s School. In 1918, she married E. John Brandeis and had a daughter. In 1933, she married her second husband, Joseph A. Sampson, with whom she lived in New York City. She began her writing career at a time when children's literature was exploding in popularity in the USA, and became best known for her Children of America and Children of All Lands series of books. Most of the books were illustrated with photographs taken by the author on her extensive travels around the world. She also founded The Little Players' Film Company, with offices in New York and Chicago, and produced eight silent films with casts composed almost entirely of children. She wrote and directed the feature film The Star Prince (1918), released in 1920 as Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star. She died in New Mexico in 1937 of injuries sustained in a car accident.

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Mitz and Fritz are the children of a toymaker. To sell more toys, their father decides to travel to festivals all over the country. The Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Hanau (home of the Grimm brothers), Frankfurt, the cities along the Rhine. Fritz would rather play his violin than carve more toys but Father needs to sell more toys so the family can eat. Mitz thinks of a way to let father sell his toys and Fritz play his violin, but then Father sells the violin to buy food!
 
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lgab8412 | Jan 25, 2023 |
Vintage Book
Children's Book — pretty interesting history of the Southwest @ Indians, Mormons, nat'l parks good!

Who painted the Painted Desert? Who salted the Great Salt Lake? Who petrified the Petrified Forest? The Indians said it was the Great Father. This is the story of the Southwest, which is full of extraordinary treasures made by Mother Nature, and also of interesting relics left by ancient man.
 
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christinejoseph | Jun 19, 2017 |
To call this book quaint would be an understatement. Its quite preachy, and the author's asides to her readers are condescending and overly precious. Still its worth the read if only to better understand the class-structure of the times.
 
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sdunford | May 29, 2017 |
This is a book that I loved and read several times as a child. It would probably be considered politically incorrect today, but I found it to be an interesting story.

The Donkey Boy is an orphan raised by Native Americans who very reluctantly goes to work for a wealthy immigrant Spanish family. The family has very dissimilar twin daughters. One is gentle and kind, the other is a bit of a cranky drama queen. The hero is supposed to be their particular servant.

The books is illustrated with black and white photographs.… (more)
½
 
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PuddinTame | Jul 23, 2007 |

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