author
Ethel Maltby Gehres
1885–1973
A writer and reading educator best known for early school readers, she helped shape beginner books used by American children in the early 20th century. Her work includes titles in the popular Winston Readers series and other classroom reading books.
1 Audiobook
The Silent Readers: Sixth Reader
by William Dodge Lewis, Ethel Maltby Gehres, Albert Lindsay Rowland
About the author
Ethel Maltby Gehres was an American author and educator whose books were widely used to teach children how to read. Library and bibliographic records connect her with a long run of school reading titles published in the early 1900s, including volumes in The Winston Readers series.
Her work often appeared in collaboration with other educators and illustrators, especially Sidney G. Firman and Frederick Richardson. Surviving catalogs and digitized editions show that she contributed to primers, early readers, and related teaching materials designed for elementary classrooms.
Although detailed biographical information is limited in the sources I could confirm, her publishing record suggests a career centered on practical, child-focused literacy instruction. She is remembered today mainly through the many schoolbooks and readers that continue to appear in library catalogs and digital archives.