Dorothy Walter Baruch (1899–1962)
Author of Dick and Jane: A Storybook Treasury of Dick and Jane and Friends
About the Author
Works by Dorothy Walter Baruch
Kappa's Tug-of-War with Big Brown Horse: The Story of a Japanese Water Imp (1964) 5 copies, 1 review
You, Your Children, and War 2 copies
New Ways in Sex Education 2 copies
Pinocchio - Walt Disney 1 copy
Parents Can Be People 1 copy
In and Out with Betty Anne 1 copy
The Little Boy 1 copy
I like animals 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1899-08-05
- Date of death
- 1962-09-04
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Bryn Mawr College
University of Southern California
Whittier College
Claremont College (Ph.D, 1937) - Occupations
- child psychologist
children's book author
parenting guide author - Organizations
- Grammercy Cooperative Nursery School (founding director)
- Short biography
- Dorothy Walter Baruch was born in San Francisco, California. She studied at Bryn Mawr College and the University of Southern California and earned degrees from Whittier College and the Broadoaks School of Education. She obtained a Ph.D. from Claremont College in 1937. In 1919, she married Herbert M. Baruch, with whom she had two children; in 1946, she remarried to Dr. Hyman Miller. She was the founding director of the Gramercy Cooperative Nursery School from 1924–1927, and was a professor and director of the laboratory school of education at Whittier College from 1930 to 1940. She also organized and directed a parent education program for the National Council of Jewish Women. After World War II, she opened a private practice as a child psychologist, but continued to lecture widely. She wrote articles for academic journals, but also more than 20 books for children. She also produced 11 nonfiction books, mainly for parents, such as You, Your Children and War (1942) and How to Live with Your Teen-ager (1953).
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Places of residence
- San Francisco, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- California, USA
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"Rappa-tappa the Sly, Slippery Kappa Who Once Tried to Steal Old Farmer Shiba's BIG BROWN HORSE" - known as "Kappa" for short - was a mischievous creature. Like all of his kind, he was a bit of a thief, making off with Farmer Shiba's peaches, melons, cucumbers, eggs, and chickens. But when Kappa tries to steal the old farmer's strong brown horse, he gets the surprise of his life! Will Kappa win the tug-of-war? Will he survive the consequences, if he doesn't...?
A humorous retelling of a show more traditional Japanese tale, Kappa's Tug-of-War with Big Brown Horse pairs Dorothy W. Baruch's engaging text with Sanryo Sakai's delightful watercolor paintings. Since reading Hiromi Goto's wonderful children's fantasy, The Water of Possibility, which makes such brilliant use of the many creatures of Japanese folklore, I have been fascinated by these water creatures, with their imitative ways, and little bowl-like indentations on the tops of their heads. I was consequently quite pleased to come across this older picture-book, during the course of my last library visit. I only wish it were still in print! show less
A humorous retelling of a show more traditional Japanese tale, Kappa's Tug-of-War with Big Brown Horse pairs Dorothy W. Baruch's engaging text with Sanryo Sakai's delightful watercolor paintings. Since reading Hiromi Goto's wonderful children's fantasy, The Water of Possibility, which makes such brilliant use of the many creatures of Japanese folklore, I have been fascinated by these water creatures, with their imitative ways, and little bowl-like indentations on the tops of their heads. I was consequently quite pleased to come across this older picture-book, during the course of my last library visit. I only wish it were still in print! show less
Interesting voyeuristic view of psychotherapy. I was caught up in it right away, but found it tedious after awhile as the stories became repetitious. The author's premise is that all children go through these types of feelings and fears. I'm not sure I agree. I did have a charmed childhood with healthy loving parents that listened and cared. Perhaps I am not one to judge. I always find it fascinating to get inside someone else's head. We all think so differently. For that process this was show more satisfying up to a point. show less
Storybook Treasury of Dick and Jane and Friends. We Look and See, We Come and Go, the New We Work and Play by William S. Gray
Well now I know what all the fuss is about. Yes, the family is awfully WASP, and, yes, good readers will want to rip through this in about 2 days and move along ahead of the class. But it sure does beat the little morals on the slates that children like Laura Ingalls had to struggle through. Still, I don't see the value for today's children - only for scholars.
One Little Boy: An Extraordinary Book That Explores the Mind of a Troubled Child by Dorothy W. Baruch
The story of a depressed child and his equally troubled parents and how they all improved, the child with play therapy and the parents with group and individual talk therapy. This case study is from the fifties and it's quite dated, very Freudian, a LOT of talk about penises and mothers. It's sort of interesting to see how much psychotherapy has changed since then.
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