author
Lily Munsell Ritchie
Best remembered for the spirited Chicken Little Jane books, this early 20th-century writer created warm, lively stories about childhood on the prairie. Her work has stayed in circulation through reprints and public-domain editions, keeping her young heroine alive for new generations of readers.
2 Audiobooks
Chicken Little Jane on the Big John
by Lily Munsell Ritchie
Chicken Little Jane
by Lily Munsell Ritchie
About the author
Lily Munsell Ritchie was an American writer best known for the Chicken Little Jane series for children. Available records identify her as Mary Lily Munsell Ritchie, born in 1867 in Bloomington, Illinois, and buried in Salt Lake City, Utah after her death in 1943.
Her name is most closely linked with Chicken Little Jane and later books built around the same character, a resourceful prairie girl whose adventures helped make the series her lasting claim to fame. The books are still easy to find today through library catalogs, booksellers, and Project Gutenberg, which has helped preserve her place among lesser-known American children's authors.
Although detailed biographical information appears to be limited, the surviving publication record suggests a writer with a steady interest in stories for young readers, especially stories centered on everyday fun, friendship, and growing up in a distinctly American setting.