Books with author Lucy F. Perkins

This book is The Third In The “Twins” Series. Larry and Eileen The Irish twins live in a very poor village in Ireland, but they don't seem to mind. They roast potatoes in the ashes of Granny's fire, have a run-in with dangerous Gypsies, and seem to lead a very happy family life. Often they are seen playing with their friend Dennis. This book talks about school life, the culture in Ireland in the early 1900’s, and several times different characters narrate Irish folktales to the children. Illustrated.

This kindle version comes with 13 books Collection written by Lucy Fitch Perkins.Works Included: The Belgian TwinsThe Cave TwinsThe Dutch TwinsThe Eskimo TwinsThe French TwinsThe Irish TwinsThe Italian TwinsThe Japanese TwinsThe Mexican TwinsThe Puritan TwinsThe Scotch TwinsThe Spartan TwinsThe Swiss TwinsAbout Author:Lucy Fitch Perkins (12 July 1865 – 18 March 1937) was an American children's book author and illustrator, famous for writing the Twins series of books.

Scotch Twins Jean, Jock, their father, and the dog all live in a "wee housie" in rural Scotland. They have no mother so it is up to Jean to take care of the house and everyone in it. However, she still has plenty of time left to play, and since she is "as good as a boy" (as Jock says), play she does. The main story is the tale of how the Twins, together with their friends Cam and Roger, work to foil the thievery of a corrupt game keeper by use of their splendid imaginations. A satisfying story with loveable people. Illustrated with creative and humorous drawings by the author. The 10th book in the twins series.Meet The AuthorLucy Fitch Perkins was born in Maples, Indiana, the daughter of a factory owner and businessman. She studied at the Fine Arts School in Boston, and later taught art at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She worked for a time as an illustrator with the Louis Prang & Company. She married architect Dwight Perkins in 1891; they lived for many years in Chicago.The Twins books featured stories on twin siblings from different nations or different periods in American history. Twenty-six volumes of the series appeared over two decades, from the 1910s through the 1930s: The Dutch Twins, The Japanese Twins, The Eskimo Twins, The Puritan Twins, The American Twins of the Revolution, etc.

Lucy Fitch Perkins (July 12, 1865 – March 18, 1937) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for Dutch Twins (1911) and its sequels, the Twins series.Lucy Fitch was born on July 12, 1865 in Maples, Indiana, to Appleton Howe and Elizabeth (Bennett) Fitch. Her father was a teacher who moved to Maples to co-found a barrel stave factory. Her mother was a teacher. Fitch moved with her mother to Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to live with her father's patents as her father tried to recover from a financial setback from the Panic of 1873. Unhappy with the Hopkinton schools, the family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1879.Fitch graduated from high school in 1883 and moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to attend the Museum of Fine Arts School. She met Dwight H. Perkins in her third year at the school. Fitch started to write children's fiction on a freelance basis for Young Folks. She graduated in 1886 and took a job as an illustrator for the Prang Educational Company of Boston. A year later, she followed Walter Scott Perry to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, to become his assistant. Fitch left on August 18, 1891, to marry Perkins and move to Chicago, Illinois.

This book follows the adventures of Paris-born twins Pierre and Pierrette. It is set in the time of World War I France. The beginning of the story finds them attending school in one of the city's great cathedrals, and going home to their solitary mother each night. Things soon become a great deal more exciting, however, when the Germans bomb Paris and Papa returns to his family with a leg wound. After the hospital where he is recovering is bombed, the Twins and their parents leave Paris and embark on a journey to their grandparent’s village. Their adventures continue there. An exciting and absorbing book, illustrated with creative drawings by the author. The 8th book in the "Twins" series.

The Mexican Twins is the 5th Book in the twin series. Follow the daily life of siblings Antonio and Margarita and learn about Mexican culture in the past. The twins celebrate holidays, go to school and have other adventures. This story takes place during the time of Mexico's revolt against Spain. About The Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins (July 12, 1865 – March 18, 1937) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for Dutch Twins (1911) and its sequels, the Twins series.

Share the adventures of Menie and Monnie, 5 year-old twins in an Eskimo village, where the villagers have to provide for all their own needs. Their father, Kesshoo, is a brave fisherman and strong hunter and their mother Koolee is clever in making clothing and shoes out of the skins of the animals which he brings home. We watch the twins as they spot a polar bear while coasting on their sleds, then join with the villagers in the sharing of the meat and the feasting afterwards. Among the other activities they enjoy are ice fishing, building a snow house, hunting for seals, and traveling by boat to their summering ground where they catch salmon to dry for the winter. Children are captivated by the humor and playfulness in this community where the winter night lasts for four long months! Suitable for ages 6 and up.

During the early part of the twentieth century, a woman named Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865-1937) wrote a series of children's books known as "The Twins Books", published by the Riverside Press of Cambridge, MA. As this title suggests, each of the 26 books in the series featured a set of twins. Almost all of the sets were made up of one boy and one girl, the only exception being The Spanish Twins , which starred two boys. Each book took place in a different country or time in America's past. The main purpose of these enjoyable stories seemed to be to make life in foreign cultures and past times easily accessible to "modern" American children. In The Cave Twins, Fire-Top and Firefly, aside from being the only red-headed Twins in the series, are also the most mischievous.. This book is considered one of the most exciting and fun titles in the series. This is a story about things that happened ages and ages ago, before any of us were born, or our great-great-grandfathers either, for that matter. It was so very long ago that there were no houses, or farms, or roads from one place to another, and there was not a single city, or a town, or even a village in the whole earth. There was just the great, round world, all fresh and new, and covered with growing things; and there were wild beasts of all kinds in the forests, and fishes of all kinds in the seas, and all sorts of birds and flying creatures in the air. Besides all these wonderful things in the new, new world, there was Man. He was quite new too. He didn't know much of anything about the world. All that he really knew was that there was a world, and that he was in it, and that there were fierce wild animals in it too, which would kill him and eat him if he didn't kill them first. And he knew very well that he was not as swift as the deer, or as big as the elephant, or as strong as the lion, or as fierce as the tiger, and it seemed to him as if he hadn't much chance to stay alive at all in a world so full of terrible creatures who wanted to eat him up. But this Prehistoric Man was very brave, and he could do two things which none of the other creatures could do--he could laugh and he could think.

This book follows the adventures of Paris-born twins Pierre and Pierrette. It is set in the time of World War I France. The beginning of the story finds them attending school in one of the city's great cathedrals, and going home to their solitary mother each night. Things soon become a great deal more exciting, however, when the Germans bomb Paris and Papa returns to his family with a leg wound. After the hospital where he is recovering is bombed, the Twins and their parents leave Paris and embark on a journey to their grandparent’s village. Their adventures continue there. An exciting and absorbing book, illustrated with creative drawings by the author. The 8th book in the "Twins" series.

The Swiss twins follows the Shepardic lifestyle of the Swiss twins family. Meet Leneli and Seppi as they learn to be shepherds and have adventures together in the Alps. They experience a landslide and have to navigate their way home through the Mountains. Descriptive language of the natural beauty of Switzerland. A historical children’s classic set in the early 1900’s The story has added enjoyment because of imaginative illustrations done by the author. The 13th Book in the “Twins” Series. Illustrated