Jane Werner Watson facts for kids
Jane Werner Watson, born Elsa Jane Werner (1915–2004), was a talented American author who wrote many books for children. You might know some of her stories from the famous Little Golden Books series! She used several different names for her books, like Jane Werner, Annie North Bedford, and Monica Hill.
About Her Life
Jane Werner was born on July 11, 1915, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Her father, Henry Charles Werner, was a doctor. Jane studied at the University of Wisconsin and earned her degree in 1936.
After college, Jane became one of the first editors for the popular Little Golden Books series. These books were published by Western Publishing and Simon & Schuster. She wrote about 150 books for this series! That's a lot of stories for kids to enjoy.
In 1954, Jane married Earnest C. Watson. He was a physicist from Caltech. They got married in Scotland. For a few years, they spent their weekends and holidays in Santa Barbara.
From 1960 to 1962, Earnest Watson worked for the United States Embassy in New Delhi, India. While living there, Jane and Earnest collected many beautiful Indian miniatures.
Her Books
Jane Werner Watson wrote many popular books. Here are some of them:
- Noah's Ark (1943) illustrated by Tibor Gergely
- The Golden Book of Poetry (1947)
- The Little Golden Book of Hymns (1947) illustrated by Corinne Malvern
- The Fuzzy Duckling (1949) illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
- Walt Disney's Cinderella (1950)
- Albert's Zoo: A Stencil Book (1951)
- The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies: With Assorted Pixies, Mermaids, Brownies, Witches and Leprechauns (1951)
- Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1952)
- The Christmas Story (1952) illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
- The Golden Geography: a child's introduction to the world (1952)
- Animal Friends (1953) illustrated by Garth Williams
- Walt Disney's Cinderella and Other Stories (1953) with Steffi Fletcher
- Walt Disney's Pinocchio and Other Stories (1953) with Steffi Fletcher
- The Golden Book of Stories from the New Testament (1953) illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
- Walt Disney's Living Desert (1954)
- The golden Mother Goose (1954) illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
- The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies: With Assorted Pixies, Mermaids, Brownies, Witches and Leprechauns (1954) illustrated by Garth Williams
- The Golden Book of Bible Stories from the Old Testament (1954) illustrated by Feodor Rojanovsky
- Land Nearest the Stars: A Journey by Taxi Across Australia (1955) as Monica Hill
- Walt Disney's Vanishing Prairie (1955)
- The True Story of Smokey the Bear (1955) illustrated by Feodor Rojanovsky
- The Iliad and the Odyssey: The Heroic Story of the Trojan War, the Fabulous Adventures of Odysseus (1956) illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
- My Little Golden Book About God (1956) illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
- The World We Live In (1956) adapted from the original version by Lincoln Barnett
- Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1957)
- The World of Science (1958)
- The Giant Golden Book of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Reptiles (1960)
- Sometimes I'm Afraid (1971)
- Sometimes I'm Jealous (1971)
- Sometimes I Get Angry (1971)
- My friend the Doctor (1972)
- My friend the Dentist (1972)
- The Volga (1972)
- A Parade of Soviet Holidays (1974)
- Whales: Friendly Dolphins and Mighty Giants of the Sea (1975)
- Alternate Energy Sources (1979)
- The First Americans: Tribes of North America (1980)
- Deserts of the World: Future Threat or Promise? (1980)
- The Case of the Vanishing Spaceship (1982)
