Edith Thacher Hurd
(1910 - 1997)
Edith Thacher Hurd was an American writer of children’s books. She published 70 books in her lifetime, fifty of them illustrated by her husband, Clement Hurd. Their son was Thacher Hurd, an artist and author of children’s picture books.
Under the pseudonym of “Juniper Sage,” Edith co-wrote with her friend Margaret Wise Brown.
Edith is shown with her husband and son.
Bibliography
Another Here and Now Story Book (1937)
A collection of stories aimed at children of certain ages.
Edith Thacher Hurd
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Et al
Five Little Firemen (1948)
“The finest fire is the fire that’s out,” sing the five little firemen. Later editions have fewer pages.
Edith Thacher Hurd
The Little Fat Policeman (1950)
A day in the life of a very busy policeman. Later editions have only 28 pages.
Edith Thacher Hurd
Martin Provensen
The Man in the Manhole and the Fix-It Men (1946)
What do people do all day?
Juniper Sage
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
Read online at archive.org.
Edith Thacher Hurd
Two Little Gardeners (1951)
The two little gardeners plant their garden in spring, then weed it and water it and defend it from bugs and critters, ‘til fall.
Read online at archive.org.
Edith Thacher Hurd
Two Little Miners (1949)
Two little miners meet far underground. The second edition has all color illustrations.
Edith Thacher Hurd
The Wreck of the Wild Wave (1942)
In 1858, the Wild Wave, clipper, under Captain Josiah N. Knowles, departed San Francisco for New York. Barely a month later, they were wrecked on the reefs about Oeno Island. The captain and seven of the crew sailed to Pitcairn Island seeking help, and found it deserted.