author
Mabel G. Taggart
Best known for a single charming children’s fantasy from the early 1900s, this elusive writer left behind a small but memorable footprint in classic juvenile fiction. Her surviving work mixes fairy-tale adventure with illustrations that add to its old-fashioned appeal.
1 Audiobook
The Story of the Three Goblins
by Mabel G. Taggart
About the author
Very little biographical information about Mabel G. Taggart appears to survive in widely available reference sources. Public-domain and library records consistently connect her with The Story of the Three Goblins, a children’s book published in London by Grant Richards in 1903.
That book remains her best-known work, and some catalog and reader records note that it was written and illustrated by her. Because so little else is firmly documented, she is often treated as a fleeting literary figure rather than a well-recorded public author.
For modern listeners, Taggart’s appeal lies in that sense of discovery: she represents the many early children’s writers whose work outlived the details of their lives. The Story of the Three Goblins has continued to circulate through public-domain projects and audiobook communities, helping preserve her name for new generations.