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Augusta Stevenson

1869–1976

Best known for helping young readers meet historical figures through lively, accessible stories, this prolific children’s writer also spent years as a teacher. Her books in the Childhood of Famous Americans series introduced generations of children to people like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin Franklin.

2 Audiobooks

Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, A Reader for the Fourth Grade

Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, A Reader for the Fourth Grade

by Augusta Stevenson

Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, Book Two

Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, Book Two

by Augusta Stevenson

About the author

Born in 1869 and active for many decades, Augusta Stevenson was an American teacher and writer of children’s books. Reliable sources found for this overview describe her as both an educator and a longtime author for young readers.

She is especially associated with the Childhood of Famous Americans series. Publisher information confirms that she wrote books about figures including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, Sitting Bull, Benjamin Franklin, and Molly Pitcher, shaping a style of historical storytelling that aimed to make famous lives feel close and understandable to children.

Some web sources also credit her with a very large body of work, but the exact total was not consistently confirmed in the material retrieved here, so it is best to say simply that she was a notably prolific writer. She died in 1976.