Frieda Friedman

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Frieda Friedman (b. 1905) was an author of children's literature who, from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, published several short, illustrated novels primarily intended for preteen and adolescent girls. Her works enjoyed republication and numerous printings through the 1970s, and in some cases until the late 1980s.

Valeria Patterson illustrated all of Friedman's work published by Samuel Lowe; Carolyn Haywood illustrated a number of Friedman's other works.

Friedman set her fiction in the City of New York, and focused primarily on the lives of young girls in loving, supportive working class families. By contrast, Carol from the Country is about a New York girl who moves to a rural part of the United States, and finds herself homesick for the city.

[edit] Published works

Dot for Short. William Morrow and Co., 1947.
Reprinted as: Auf Dotty ist Verlaß. München: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1965.
Peppy, the Lonely Little Puppy. Rand McNally, 1947.
Some Day. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe Company, 1948.
A Sundae with Judy. William Morrow and Co., 1949.
Carol from the Country. William Morrow and Co., 1950.
- Reprinted in 1966 as Carol
Pat and Her Policeman. William Morrow and Co., 1953.
The Janitor's Girl. William Morrow and Co., 1956.
Let's Pretend. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe Company, 1959.
Ellen and the Gang. William Morrow and Co., 1963.
- Reprinted as: Ellen hat die besten Freunde. München: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1965.
Now That You Are 10. New York: Association Press, 1963.
When I Grow Up. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe Company, 1969.
- A small picture book in pamphlet form; features no prose