Dorothy P. Lathrop
(1891 - 1980)
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop was an American writer and illustrator of children’s books. Lathrop was born in Albany, New York. During her lifetime of achievements, her notable prominence in the publishing world of children’s literature includes the combined skills, mastery, and talents Lathrop displayed within the pages and color plates of the more than 38 books published with her illustrations. The prolific popularity of her talent was one of a steady production, primarily between the years of 1919 to 1962. In the 1930s, Lathrop published 9 children’s books.
Bibliography
The Three Black Pennies (1917)
A novel about three generations of a family of iron founders. Dust jacket attributed to Dorothy P. Lathrop.
The Three Mulla-Mulgars (1919)
Thumb, Thimble and Nod set out to find their royal father and the earthly paradise of Tishnar. Read online at archive.org.
Treasure of Carcassonne (1928)
The story of Cassagnol’s search for the treasure hidden in the bottom of the great well in the town of Carcassone by the Visigoths and fairies.
Read online at archive.org.
Who Goes There? (1935)
Two children invite the animals of the forest to a picnic, then observe their tracks in the snow.
Read online at archive.org.
Wonderful Things Happen (1958)
An anthology of adventure stories and poems for younger children.
Carol Ryrie Brink
Walter de la Mare
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Robert Louis Stevenson
Et al
Robert Lawson
Henry C. Pitz
E. Boyd Smith
Kurt Wiese
Et al