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Mabel O'Donnell


Born
Aurora, IL, The United States
Genre
Children's


Miss O`Donnell, educator, was the author of two sets of elementary school textbooks, the Alice and Jerry series and the Janet and John series. Both were widely used in the United States and other English-speaking nations.

For many years, Miss O`Donnell, served as a teacher, primary grade supervisor and curriculum coordinator for Aurora's East Side elementary schools.

In 1946 she resigned her post as primary supervisor to become an editor for Row, Peterson & Co., an Evanston-based textbook publishing firm. ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 360 ratings · 54 reviews · 308 distinct works • Similar authors
Singing Wheels
4.49 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1940 — 5 editions
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Here We Go
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4.16 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions
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Off to Play
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If I Were Going, The Alice ...
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4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1936 — 2 editions
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Real And Make-Believe
4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions
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Round About
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3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1936
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The New Day In and Day Out,...
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4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1936
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Engine Whistles (The Alice ...
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1942 — 20 editions
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Day In and Day Out
4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1936 — 10 editions
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The New Through the Green Gate
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1948
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Series by Mabel O'Donnell

Here We Go Off to Play Out and About I Went Walking Through the Garden Gate I Know a Story
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