Edna Clark Davis

Edna Clark Davis was an early twentieth-century children’s author whose best-known book is Miss Polly Wiggles, published in Boston by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. in 1925 and illustrated by Julia Greene. The novel follows Polly and her sisters through picnics, games, storms, school activities, and the everyday excitement of family life.

Davis also wrote Polly Wiggles and Some Others and the children’s play The Magic Toy Shop. Although little biographical information about her survives, her published work shows a talent for warm, humorous storytelling centered on imagination, friendship, family, and growing up.