The Children's Friend

The Children's Friend

Originally published by Arnaud Berquin in French as L'Ami des Enfants, divided into twenty-four monthly installments, The Children's Friend contains stories about children's ordinary lives. The stories proved incredibly popular and the compilation was translated into English, Italian, German, Marathi, Spanish, Danish, Polish, Russian, Gujarati, and Kapampangan from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries.

Artaud Berquin

Pictured text is held by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and available in its entirety through Hathi Trust Digital Library

Various publishers; pictured text was published by Boston, Munroe and Francis in 1833

Originally published in French in 1782-83, circulated in both French and English versions in the Caribbean, 1788-1837

Courtney Weikle-Mills

Public domain

English, translated from French

Storybook