author
A little-known children's writer whose surviving work offers a bright, playful glimpse of Paris through a child's eyes. Her best-known book pairs gentle verse with lively illustration to turn an ordinary day into an adventure.
by Beatrice Bradshaw Brown
Very little biographical information about this author is easy to confirm online, but public-domain library records do establish that Beatrice Bradshaw Brown lived from 1899 to 1952.
She is known for A Paris Pair; Their Day's Doings, a children's book written in verse and published by E. P. Dutton & Company. The story follows two children through the small events of a day in Paris, with an easy rhythm and a warm, observant tone that suits young listeners especially well.
The book was illustrated by Barbara Haven Brown and has remained accessible through Project Gutenberg, which is one reason Brown's work is still discoverable today. Because so little else has been firmly documented in the sources reviewed here, it is best to remember her as a lightly sketched but charming voice in early 20th-century children's literature.