Marjorie Barrows

Marjorie Barrows (1892 - 1983) was an American magazine editor, book compiler, and author.

Career

Barrows was an editor of Child Life Magazine and Family Weekly, as well as a book reviewer for The Continent. A 1932 article from the Spring Lake Gazette stated that Barrows was "a famous editor of Child Life Magazine and that she was an "internationally recognized editor" of the same magazine. An article from School Life reported in 1933 that she "has the endorsement of leading children's librarians".

A 1932 review in the Standard-Examiner reported that The Picture Book of Poetry, which was compiled by Barrows, has "gems of verses by writers who understand boys and girls". The Denton Record-Chronicle reviewed The Family Reader in 1961, stating, The Family Reader is a book for your lighter moments, for the times you want to relax and lose yourself in a good story".

Bibliography

The Children's Hour

One Thousand Beautiful Things

Muggins Mouse

Muggins Takes Off

Muggins' Big Balloon

Muggins Becomes A Hero

The Quintessence Of Beauty And Romance

The Family Reader

Treasures Of Love Inspiration

1000 Beautiful Things

One Hundred Best Poems For Boys And Girls

Jojo

A Treasury Of Humor And Toastmaster's Handbook

The Peoples Reader

Timothy Tiger

The American Experience

The Children's Treasury

Look! A Parade

Fraidy Cat

Pet Show

A Book Of Famous Poems For Older Boys And Girls

A Book Of Famous Poems

Pet Show

Ezra the Elephant

Currents In Drama

Scamper

Science Fiction & Readers Guide

Hoppity

Lancelot

Pudgy the Little Bear

Pulitzer Prize Poems

The Frances Tipton Hunter Picture Book

Sukey, You Shall Be My Wife And Other Stories

Snuggles

Whiskers

References

1892 births

1993 deaths

Women magazine editors

American magazine editors

20th-century American women writers