Lucy Sprague Mitchell
American educator and children's writerWikipedia
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Nov 3, 2026
Anne FernaldGUEST
So, you know, literature for children at the time was either very Christian, Mary Had a Little Lamb, or fairy tales.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And What Lucy Sprague, who was the head of school, wanted was just descriptions of the world, letting children learn how to explore their world in language that young children could relate to.
Anne FernaldGUEST
Hmm.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And she helped Margaret Wise Brown and kind of gave her a brief.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And Margaret Wise Brown wrote children's stories that were so much better than what Lucy Sprague Mitchell was writing that Margaret Wise Brown ended up kind of, not kind of, ended up inventing a new genre, which is literature for people who don't yet know how to read.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And that's kind of incredible to think that we're using words, we're writing them down into a book that will never be read by the audience, right? It will always be read by a caregiver of the intended audience.
Anne FernaldGUEST
It's very weird.
Anne FernaldGUEST
So, you know, literature for children at the time was either very Christian, Mary Had a Little Lamb, or fairy tales.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And What Lucy Sprague, who was the head of school, wanted was just descriptions of the world, letting children learn how to explore their world in language that young children could relate to.
Anne FernaldGUEST
Hmm.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And she helped Margaret Wise Brown and kind of gave her a brief.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And Margaret Wise Brown wrote children's stories that were so much better than what Lucy Sprague Mitchell was writing that Margaret Wise Brown ended up kind of, not kind of, ended up inventing a new genre, which is literature for people who don't yet know how to read.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And that's kind of incredible to think that we're using words, we're writing them down into a book that will never be read by the audience, right? It will always be read by a caregiver of the intended audience.
Anne FernaldGUEST
It's very weird.
Anne FernaldGUEST
So, you know, literature for children at the time was either very Christian, Mary Had a Little Lamb, or fairy tales.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And What Lucy Sprague, who was the head of school, wanted was just descriptions of the world, letting children learn how to explore their world in language that young children could relate to.
Uli BaerHOST
Mm-hmm.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And she helped Margaret Wise Brown and kind of gave her a brief.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And Margaret Wise Brown wrote children's stories that were so much better than what Lucy Sprague Mitchell was writing that Margaret Wise Brown ended up kind of, not kind of, ended up inventing a new genre, which is literature for people who don't yet know how to read.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And that's kind of incredible to think that we're using words, we're writing them down into a book that will never be read by the audience, right? It will always be read by a caregiver of the intended audience.
Anne FernaldGUEST
It's very weird.
Anne FernaldGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And what Lucy Sprague, who was the head of school, wanted was just descriptions of the world, letting children learn how to explore their world in language that young children could relate to.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And she helped Margaret Wise Brown and kind of gave her a brief.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And Margaret Wise Brown wrote children's stories that were so much better than what Lucy Sprague Mitchell was writing that Margaret Wise Brown ended up kind of, not kind of, ended up inventing a new genre, which is literature for people who don't yet know how to read.
Anne FernaldGUEST
And that's kind of incredible to think that we're using words, we're writing them down into a book that will never be read by the audience, right? It will always be read by a caregiver of the intended audience.
Anne FernaldGUEST
It's very weird.