author
Jean McIntosh
Known today mainly through a handful of early children’s books, this writer had a warm, old-fashioned gift for stories about home life, holidays, and the bond between children and animals.
1 Audiobook
Animal Chums: True Tales about Four-footed Friends
by Jean McIntosh
About the author
Jean McIntosh appears to have been an early 20th-century author of children’s books, though reliable biographical details about her life are scarce. The works most consistently linked to her are Animal Chums: True Tales about Four-footed Friends and Happy as Kings; or, Stories of Home and Holidays.
The surviving record suggests a writer whose stories were aimed at young readers and centered on affection, everyday adventure, and animal companionship. Animal Chums has remained accessible through Project Gutenberg, helping keep her work in circulation long after its original publication era.
Because so little confirmed personal information is readily available, her books do most of the introducing. They give the impression of a gentle storyteller interested in childhood, kindness, and the small dramas of family and pets.