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Anna Alice Chapin
1880–1920
A lively early-20th-century American writer, she moved easily between novels, short stories, fairy tales, and theater. She is especially remembered for helping bring Babes in Toyland to young readers in book form.
3 Audiobooks
Greenwich Village
by Anna Alice Chapin
The story of the Rhinegold (Der Ring des Nibelungen) told for young people
by Anna Alice Chapin
About the author
Born in 1880 and active during the first decades of the 20th century, Anna Alice Chapin was an American author and playwright who wrote across several genres. Her work included fiction, children's stories, fairy tales, and books connected to music, giving her a range that still feels fresh and versatile.
She is best known for her 1904 collaboration with Glen MacDonough on a children's book adaptation of Babes in Toyland. That blend of storytelling and stage imagination fits the rest of her career well: she also wrote for the theater and produced books that drew on legend, fantasy, and performance.
Chapin died in 1920 at just 39 years old, leaving behind a body of work that reflects the energy and variety of popular writing in her era. For listeners and readers today, she offers a glimpse of a time when children's literature, light fantasy, and theatrical storytelling often met on the same page.