Ada M. Marzials

Ada M. Marzials is a little-documented author of children's books whose work survives mainly through library catalogs and public-domain editions. Confirmed titles include More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme, Stories for the Story Hour, from January to December, and The Cobbler and Other Stories.

Her best-known book, More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme, builds stories around well-known nursery-rhyme characters and situations. That approach gives her writing an inviting, old-fashioned charm: she starts with material children may already know, then opens it out into fuller tales with a gentle sense of fantasy.

Because so little dependable personal information is readily available, it is safest to remember Marzials through the books themselves. They place her among the many early 20th-century writers who helped keep oral tales, nursery lore, and read-aloud storytelling alive for children.