author
Frances Lilian Taylor
d. 1931
A writer of early school readers and children's books, this author helped shape lessons for young readers in the early 1900s. Her best-known surviving work today is Two Indian Children of Long Ago, a historical children's novel first published in 1920.
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Two Indian Children of Long Ago
by Frances Lilian Taylor
About the author
Frances Lilian Taylor was an American author remembered for educational reading books and children's literature. Library and public-domain records identify her as the author of Two Indian Children of Long Ago and of school texts such as The Taylor School Readers series.
Her work appeared during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when graded readers and classroom language books were a major part of elementary education. Titles linked to her name include primers, readers, and language lessons designed for young students, suggesting that much of her writing was aimed at helping children learn to read and use English with confidence.
Reliable biographical detail about her life is limited in the sources readily available online. Catalog records consistently note that she died in 1931, but beyond her publications and that death year, little personal information could be confirmed here.