author
M. A. Bonnell
A Canadian children's writer best remembered for the playful early-1900s book Mother Goose's Bicycle Tour, she brought nursery-rhyme characters into a light, whimsical new adventure. Her work has endured through public-domain editions and audiobook recordings.
1 Audiobook
Mother Goose's Bicycle Tour
by M. A. Bonnell
About the author
Little is firmly documented online about M. A. Bonnell, but reliable catalog and audiobook sources identify her as a Canadian author of children's literature. She is chiefly known for Mother Goose's Bicycle Tour, a charming book that reimagines the familiar Mother Goose world with a bicycling twist.
Project Gutenberg and other library-style records connect Bonnell with that title, and LibriVox notes that she signed her work "M. S. G.," explained there as "Mary Susan Goose," which also indicates that the author was a woman. That playful pseudonymous touch fits the tone of her best-known work, which blends verse, fantasy, and the cheerful imagination common to children's books of its era.
Because biographical details about her life are scarce in the sources I could confirm, her legacy today rests mostly on the survival of her writing itself. For modern readers and listeners, M. A. Bonnell remains an intriguing, lightly mysterious figure from the world of classic children's books.