author
Elizabeth Stafford Fry
Known today for a single surviving children's book, this early-20th-century writer created a lively frog tale filled with pond life, peril, and gentle lessons about courage and friendship.
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Bully Bull Frog and His Home in Rainbow Valley
by Elizabeth Stafford Fry
About the author
Elizabeth Stafford Fry is a little-documented children's author who appears in modern library and public-domain records as active around 1921. LibriVox lists her as a children's book author and dates her floruit to 1921, while Project Gutenberg currently records one work under her name.
That work is Bully Bull Frog and His Home in Rainbow Valley, originally published in 1921 by Rand, McNally & Company. The book follows the adventures of a young bullfrog in a vividly imagined natural setting, and its enduring appeal comes from its warm storytelling, animal-world drama, and easy moral sense.
Very little biographical information about her seems to be reliably available online beyond the book itself and basic catalog listings. Because of that, she is best remembered through her writing: a charming example of early twentieth-century children's nature fiction.