author
Felicie Jehu
1865–1956
A Dutch writer and teacher, she filled her stories with lively children, family bustle, and the everyday dramas of growing up. Her books were widely read in the early 20th century and helped shape Dutch children's literature for a generation.
1 Audiobook
Het onderwijzeresje
by Felicie Jehu
About the author
Pauline Félicie Jéhu was born in Breda on November 28, 1865, and died in The Hague on April 14, 1956. She worked in education and remained unmarried, yet her fiction is full of warm, energetic portraits of large families and children finding their way through ordinary life.
Between about 1900 and 1935, she published a remarkable number of children's books—more than seventy, according to Dutch reference sources. She also translated from German and helped compile story collections, showing how deeply she was involved in bringing reading to young audiences.
Her work is remembered as part of the rich tradition of Dutch juvenile fiction: clear, approachable, and closely connected to the world children knew at home and at school. Even now, the sheer size of her output makes her an interesting figure for listeners curious about the history of children's books in the Netherlands.