Author:Frances Aretta Carpenter

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Frances Aretta Carpenter
(1890–1972)

American folklorist, author, and photographer.

Frances Aretta Carpenter

Works

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  • The Ways We Travel, 1929
  • The Food We Eat, 1925
  • The Clothes We Wear, 1926
  • The Houses We Live In, 1926

Grandmother Tales collections

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  • Tales of a Basque Grandmother, 1930
  • Tales of a Russian Grandmother, 1933
  • Tales of a Chinese Grandmother, 1937
  • Tales of a Swiss Grandmother, 1940
  • Tales of a Korean Grandmother, 1947

International folklore anthologies

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  • Wonder Tales of Horses & Heroes, 1952
  • Wonder Tales of Dogs and Cats, 1955
  • Wonder Tales of Seas & Ships, 1959
  • The Elephant’s Bathtub: Wonder Tales From The Far East, 1962
  • African Wonder Tales, 1963.
  • The Mouse Palace, 1964
  • South American Wonder Tales, 1969
  • People from the Sky: Ainu Tales from Northern Japan, 1972

Additional ethnographic works

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  • Ourselves & Our City, 1928
  • The Ways We Travel, 1929
  • Children of Our World, 1929
  • Our Little Friends of Eskimo Land: Papik & Natsek, 1931
  • Our Neighbors Near and Far, 1933
  • Our Little Friends of the Arabian Desert: Adi & Hamda, 1934
  • Our Little Friends of the Netherlands: Dirk & Dientje, 1935
  • Our Little Friends of Norway: Ola & Marit, 1936
  • Our Little Friends of China: Ah Hu and Ying Hwa, 1937
  • Our Little Neighbors at Work & Play: Here, There, Then & Now, 1939
  • Our Little Friends of Switzerland: Hansli & Heidi, 1941
  • Our South American Neighbors, 1942
  • The Pacific: Its Lands & Peoples, 1944
  • Our Neighbors Near & Far, 1946
  • Canada & Her Northern Neighbors, 1946
  • Children of Our World, 1949
  • Caribbean Lands: Mexico, Central America, & the West Indies, 1950
  • Children of Our World, 1956
  • Our Homes & Our Neighbors, 1956
  • Pocahontas & Her World, 1957
  • The Story of East Africa, 1967
  • The Story of Korea, 1969
  • Spooks and Scoundrels, 1976

Memoir

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  • Carp's Washington, 1960
  • Holiday in Washington, 1966


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1972, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 51 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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