Frances Jenkins Olcott (1872 – 29 March 1963) was the first head librarian of the children's department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in 1898. She also wrote many children's books and books for those in the profession of providing library service to children and youth. (From Wikipedia)
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Olcott, Frances Jenkins, ed.: Good Stories for Great Holidays (HTML at Virginia)- Olcott, Frances Jenkins, ed.: Good Stories for Great Holidays (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The Red Indian Fairy Book, For the Children's Own Reading and for Story-Tellers, illust. by Frederick Richardson (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Tales of the Persian Genii (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1917), illust. by Willy Pogány
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Wonder Tales From Baltic Wizards, From the German and English (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
Additional books by Frances Jenkins Olcott in the extended shelves:
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Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The Arabian nights' entertainments (H. Holt and company, 1913), also by Edward William Lane (page images at HathiTrust)- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Bible stories to read and tell ... (Blue Ribbon Books, 1932) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Bible stories to read and tell, 150 stories from the Old Testament, with references to the Old and New Testaments (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The book of elves and fairies for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (Houghton Mifflin company, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading, illust. by Milo Winter (Gutenberg ebook)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Canute Whistlewinks and other stories (Longmans, Green and co., 1928), also by Zacharias Topelius and C. W. Foss (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The children's reading (Houghton Mifflin, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The children's reading (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Go! : Champions of Light. (Fleming H. Revell company, 1933) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Good stories for great birthdays, arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Good stories for great birthdays, arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (Houghton Mifflin company, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Good stories for great birthdays: arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (Gutenberg ebook)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Good stories for great holidays, arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Grimm's fairy tales (Penn Pub., 1922), also by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, and Rie Cramer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Grimm's fairy tales (Hampton, 1922), also by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, and Rie Cramer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins, ed.: Grimm's Fairy Tales, by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, illust. by Rie Cramer (Gutenberg ebook)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The jolly book for boys and girls (Hoghton Mifflin Co., 1915), also by Amena Pendleton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Library work with children (American library association publishing board, 1914), also by American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: More tales from the Arabian nights (Holt, 1915), also by Edward William Lane (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The Pittsburgh district civic frontage. (Survey associates, inc., 1914), also by Lila Ver Planck North, Shelby Millard Harrison, Allen H. Kerr, H. V. Blaxter, Florence Larrabee Lattimore, Frances Elisabeth Crowell, Emily Wayland Dinwiddie, Frank E. Wing, Charles Mulford Robinson, Allen T. Burns, Robert Archey Woods, Beulah Elfreth Kennard, Edward T. Devine, and Russell Sage Foundation (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The public library a social force in Pittsburgh (Carnegie library, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Rational library work with children and the preparation for it. (A. L. A. Publishing board, 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Rational library work with children and the preparation for it (Carnegie library, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The red Indian fairy book for the children's own reading and for story-tellers (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Selected class room libraries; a list of 200 good books for children ([C.F. Williams & Son, Printers], 1911), also by New York State Teachers Association (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Stories about George Washington : with a selection of famous poems (Houghton Mifflin, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Story telling-a public library method ([No imprint], 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Story-telling ballads (Houghton Mifflin company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Story-telling ballads, selected and arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the boys' and girls' own reading (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins, ed.: Story-Telling Ballads: Selected and Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Boys' and Girls' Own Reading, illust. by Milo Winter (Gutenberg ebook)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Story-telling poems, selected and arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (Houghton Mifflin, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Story-telling poems : selected and arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (Houghton Mifflin, 1913), also by Gustaf Tenggren, Howard Smith, and Stanley M. Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Tales of the Persian genii (Harrap, 1919), also by Willy Pogány (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The wonder garden; nature myths and tales from all the world over for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919), also by Milo Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Wonder tales from China seas (New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co., 1925., 1925) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: Wonder tales from pirate isles, chiefly translated from the Dutch (Longmans, Green and Co., 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Olcott, Frances Jenkins: The wonders of milk : a reading-guide for boys and girls in graded schools and junior high (Dairymen's League Cooperative Association, Inc., 1928), also by Inc Dairymen's League Cooperative Association (page images at HathiTrust)
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