author
Mabel F. Stryker
Known for warm, old-fashioned children's stories, this American writer is best remembered for tales centered on animals and adventure. Her work has found a second life through public-domain editions and audiobook recordings.
1 Audiobook
Little Dog Ready: How He Lost Himself in the Big World
by Mabel F. Stryker
About the author
Mabel F. Stryker was an American author of children's books. Reliable catalog and audiobook sources identify her as living from 1870 to 1948, and her surviving work suggests a writer with a gentle, accessible style aimed at young readers.
She is best known today for Little Dog Ready: How He Lost Himself in the Big World, a children's story first published in 1929 and illustrated by Hugh Spencer. Library and public-domain records also show another title, Little Dog Ready in the Country from 1934, pointing to a small body of animal-centered fiction for children.
Although not widely documented in modern biographical sources, Stryker's books have remained available through projects such as Project Gutenberg and LibriVox. That continued presence has helped introduce her simple, lively storytelling to new generations of listeners and readers.