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Maud Lindsay
1874–1941
Best remembered for founding Alabama’s first free kindergarten, this warm-hearted educator also wrote a long shelf of children’s stories, poems, and songs. Her books grew out of a life devoted to young readers, everyday kindness, and the pleasures of storytelling.
3 Audiobooks
Mother Stories
by Maud Lindsay
The Story-teller
by Maud Lindsay
A Story Garden for Little Children
by Maud Lindsay
About the author
Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1874, Maud McKnight Lindsay became one of the state’s early champions of childhood education. She trained in kindergarten methods and in 1898 opened Alabama’s first free kindergarten in a mill district of East Florence, where she taught for decades.
Alongside her school work, she wrote many books for children, including Mother Stories, More Mother Stories, The Story Garden for Little Children, and The Story-Teller. Her writing is closely tied to her teaching life: simple, imaginative tales meant to delight young listeners while speaking to their everyday world.
Lindsay was also known as a childhood friend of Helen Keller, and her wider contribution to education and letters was later recognized by the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame. She died in 1941, but her books still reflect the same generous spirit that shaped her classroom.