author
Margaret Vandercook
1876–1958
Best known for lively series fiction for young readers, this American author built adventurous worlds around friendship, service, and independence. Her books about Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts, Ranch Girls, and Red Cross Girls made her a familiar name in early 20th-century children's literature.
30 Audiobooks
The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure
by Margaret Vandercook
The Ranch Girls and the silver arrow
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines
by Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls at Half Moon Lake
by Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls on the edge of the desert
by Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls in Belgium
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas
by Margaret Vandercook
The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge
by Margaret Vandercook
The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest
by Margaret Vandercook
The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire
by Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls on the French Firing Line
by Margaret Vandercook
The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold
by Margaret Vandercook
The Girl Scouts of the Round Table
by Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls in the British Trenches
by Margaret Vandercook
The Ranch Girls in Europe
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls in After Years
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill
by Margaret Vandercook
The Loves of Ambrose
by Margaret Vandercook
The Ranch Girls at Home Again
by Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross girls with the Stars and Stripes
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls' Careers
by Margaret Vandercook
The Ranch Girls at Boarding School
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls in Glorious France
by Margaret Vandercook
The Camp Fire Girls on the Field of Honor
by Margaret Vandercook
About the author
Margaret Vandercook was an American writer of children's literature, born Margaret O'Bannon Womack in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 12, 1877. She wrote many popular books for girls, and reference sources consistently connect her name with series fiction that followed outdoor life, travel, and wartime service.
She is especially remembered for her long-running Camp Fire Girls novels and has been described in library and reference material as a leading Camp Fire writer. Her other series included the Ranch Girls, Red Cross Girls, and Girl Scouts books, all of which helped place energetic young women at the center of the story.
Vandercook died on February 7, 1958. Some catalogs list her as “1876–1958,” but the biographical sources I found agree on an 1877 birth year, so that is the date used here.