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James Whitcomb Riley

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(1849 - 1916)

James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the “Hoosier Poet” and “Children’s Poet” for his dialect works and his children’s poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include Little Orphant Annie and The Raggedy Man.



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Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)

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A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Carolyn Haywood
Joseph Jacobs
Rudyard Kipling
James Whitcomb Riley
Et al
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone
Irene Haas
Edward Shenton
Leonard Weisgard
Et al

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While the Heart Beats Young (1906)

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A collection of sentimental poems.

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Author(s): James Whitcomb Riley
Illustrator(s): Ethel Franklin Betts

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