Emilie Poulsson

Anne Emilie Poulsson (1853 – 1939) was an American children's author and campaigner for early childhood education and the kindergarten movement.

Poulsson was born in Cedar Grove, New Jersey on September 8, 1853, the daughter of Halvor and Ruth Anne (Mitchell) Poulsson.^[1] She later worked from Boston, Massachusetts. Poulsson was an advocate of the educationalist Friedrich Fröbel; she wrote and gave lectures on parenting, as well as writing copious books for children, some of which she translated from Norwegian.

One of her poems from Rhyme Time for Children is sometimes quoted in support of literacy campaigns:

"Books are keys to wisdom's treasure;

Books are gates to lands of pleasure;

Books are paths that upward lead;

Books are friends. Come, let us read."^[2]

Bibliography

• Finger plays for nursery and kindergarten (1893)
• In the child's world (1893)
• Through the farmyard gate (1896)
• Love and Law in Child Training: A Book for Mothers (1899)
• The Runaway Donkey and Other Rhymes (1905)
• Top-of-the-World Stories for Boys and Girls (Translated from Scandinavian languages, 1916)
• Rhyme time for children
• Baby's breakfast
• Mrs. Cat's dinner
• The Christmas Cake: A Story from Norway^[3]
• Holiday Songs And Every Day Songs And Games (1901)
• What Happened to Inger Johanne by Dikken Zwilgmeyer (Translation, 1919)

References

External links

• Works by Emilie Poulsson at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Emilie Poulsson at Internet Archive
• Works by Emilie Poulsson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)