author

Félicité Lefèvre

b. 1869

Remembered for a small group of early 20th-century children's books, this French-born writer retold folktales and simple adventures in a warm, storybook style. Her work includes charming titles such as The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen and The Little Grey Goose.

1 Audiobook

The cock, the mouse, and the little red hen : an old tale retold

The cock, the mouse, and the little red hen : an old tale retold

by Félicité Lefèvre

About the author

Very little biographical information seems to be widely documented about this author. Library and catalog records identify Félicité Lefèvre as a writer born in 1869, and they connect her with several children's books published in the early 1900s.

Her known works include The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen, described by HathiTrust as an old tale retold by her and illustrated by Tony Sarg, along with The Little Grey Goose, Soldier Boy, Fiddle diddle dee, and Little Henry and the tiger. These titles suggest a focus on stories for young readers, especially retellings, animal tales, and gentle adventures.

Because reliable source material is scarce, much of her life remains unclear. What does come through is a distinctive place in classic children's literature: a writer whose surviving books still circulate through library catalogs and public-domain audiobook collections.