William Maxwell Reed
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William Maxwell Reed (January 12, 1871 in Bath, Maine – September 1962), a.k.a. W. Maxwell Reed, was a pioneering U.S. author of illustrated science books for children.[1]
After schooling at Harvard, he taught astronomy at Harvard and Princeton University.
Reed later went into the steel industry.
Beginning as a series of letters to his nephew, his first book, The Earth for Sam, was published in 1929. The book remains popular and was republished in 2005.
Earth was followed by a series of popular children's information books, many published by Harcourt, Brace.
Books[]
- The Earth for Sam; the story of mountains, rivers, dinosaurs and men (1929). Illustrated by biologist/artist .
- The Stars for Sam (1931). Illustrated by .
- And that's why (1932)
- The Sea for Sam (w/ ) (1935)
- Animals on the March (w/ ) (1937)
- America's Treasure (1939)
- The Sky is Blue (illustrated by James MacDonald) (1940)
- Patterns In The Sky: The Story Of The Constellations (1951)
References[]
- ^ Facts about Reed, William Maxwell, as discussed in Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
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