author
Sarah Jeannette Lathbury Brigham
1835–1929
A 19th-century American writer of verse for young readers, she is remembered for a bright, nature-filled style that turns flowers, birds, and everyday outdoor scenes into playful poetry. Her best-known surviving work, Under Blue Skies: Verses & Pictures, pairs simple lyric poems with illustrations that reflect the charm of children’s books of the period.
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Under Blue Skies: Verses & Pictures
by Sarah Jeannette Lathbury Brigham
About the author
Born in Manchester, New York, on March 5, 1835, Sarah Jeannette Lathbury Brigham was an American author associated with late-19th-century children’s verse. She was the daughter of John and Betsy Lathbury and later married J. R. Brigham.
The work most clearly confirmed from available public sources is Under Blue Skies: Verses & Pictures, published by Worthington Co. in New York and now preserved through Project Gutenberg. The book presents short poems shaped around nature, seasons, flowers, birds, and childhood wonder, giving a good sense of her warm and accessible style.
Although detailed biographical information is limited in the sources I could confirm, her writing still offers an inviting glimpse of the illustrated children’s literature of her era. She died on October 18, 1929.