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Jane Andrews

1833–1887

Remembered for opening young readers' imaginations to the wider world, this 19th-century American teacher turned classroom lessons into stories that stayed popular for generations. Her best-known books blend curiosity, geography, and a warm belief in human connection.

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The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

by Jane Andrews

The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air

The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air

by Jane Andrews

Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes With Special Reference to the Effects of Alcoholic Drinks, Stimulants, and Narcotics upon The Human System

Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes With Special Reference to the Effects of Alcoholic Drinks, Stimulants, and Narcotics upon The Human System

by Jane Andrews

About the author

Jane Andrews was an American author and educator, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on December 1, 1833, and best known for writing lively, educational books for children. She studied at the State Normal School in West Newton, graduated as valedictorian in 1853, and was also the first student to register at Antioch College, though illness soon forced her to return home.

After years of poor health, she opened a small primary school in her home in 1860. Her teaching was considered unusually progressive for its time, encouraging observation, experimentation, and active participation. Out of those lessons grew her books, especially The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air, followed later by Each and All and Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road From Long Ago to Now.

Her work remained widely used in elementary education long after her death in 1887. Andrews is still remembered as a writer who helped make learning feel adventurous, humane, and full of wonder.