author
American Institute of Child Life
A collective early-20th-century author focused on practical guidance for parents and educators, this group published child-development titles that treated play, conversation, and home life as serious parts of a child’s growth.
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The dramatic instinct in children
by American Institute of Child Life
About the author
The American Institute of Child Life appears in library and public-domain records as a corporate or collective author rather than a single person. Its books were published in the United States in the 1910s, especially by The Abingdon Press, and centered on child development, child psychology, family life, and education.
Confirmed works include The Dramatic Instinct in Children (1914) and Table Talk in the Home (1913). Catalog records also show the Institute associated with books about dramatics and children’s everyday development, suggesting a practical mission: helping adults understand how children learn through play, imitation, speech, and home experience.
Because the available sources identify this as an organization instead of an individual author, a standard personal biography and portrait are not really available. For readers, the name is best understood as the voice of an early child-study movement that tried to translate educational and psychological ideas into accessible advice for families and teachers.