Florence V. (Florence Valentine) Barry

Florence V. Barry, also written as Florence Valentine Barry, is known for A Century of Children's Books, published in London by Methuen in 1922. The book surveys the growth of children's literature and looks at how books for young readers changed across more than a century.

Her best-known work is part literary history and part guide for curious readers, tracing older nursery favorites, moral tales, and the authors who helped shape children's reading. Because so little biographical information is readily confirmed, she is remembered today mainly through this thoughtful study and the lasting interest of readers in the history of children's books.