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Lily Munsell Ritchie
Best known for the warm, old-fashioned Chicken Little Jane stories, this American writer created cheerful family adventures that have continued to find new readers through reprints and digital editions. Her surviving works suggest a gift for gentle humor and an easy, affectionate view of childhood.
2 Audiobooks
Chicken Little Jane on the Big John
by Lily Munsell Ritchie
Chicken Little Jane
by Lily Munsell Ritchie
About the author
Born as Mary Lily Munsell in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1867, she later wrote under the name Lily Munsell Ritchie. Available records also identify her death in April 1943, and her burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She is remembered chiefly for the Chicken Little Jane books, including Chicken Little Jane and Chicken Little Jane on the Big John. Those stories center on everyday childhood adventures and helped give her a lasting place among early American writers for young readers.
Although not much detailed biographical information is widely available, her books have stayed in circulation through library catalogs, reprints, and Project Gutenberg. That continued presence speaks to the simple charm and readability of her fiction.