Joseph Jacobs was an author and Jewish historian. He was born in Australia and studied at Sydney Grammar School and at University of Sydney where he was a very great student and won a scholarship. He left Sydney at the age of 18 and went to England and studied at St. John's College, Cambridge. He graduated with his B.A. in 1876. Joseph Jacobs wrote articles about what was happening to Russian Jews for The Times. From 1890-1912, he edited five collections of fairy tales. He wanted English kids to be able to read English tales instead of reading mostly French and German. Partly inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Jacobs wrote his own versions of stories like "The Three Little Pigs," "The Little Red Hen," and "Jack and The Beanstalk."
Marc Brown was born on November 25, 1946 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He credits his grandmother Thora, who told him stories as a child, with inspiring him to become a writer and artist.
Mary Shelley (born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) was a British novelist, short story writer, and travel writer. She received very little formal education, but her father tutored his children and often took them on educational trips. Shelley is said to have thought of the idea for "Frankenstein" upon waking from a dream. She started writing it and thought it would be a short story, but with encouragement from her husband she turned it into a novel.
Search all you want, you'll never produce
a real author named "Mother Goose"
It's the name we use when time loses
Who wrote the tales our culture uses.
Honestly, we can't remember who
So "Mother Goose" will just have to do.
