Frieda Friedman Explained

Birth Date:	1905
Birth Place:	Syracuse, New York
Occupation:	Author, editor
Language:	English
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	New York University
Period:	1946–1969
Genre:	Children's literature
Spouse:	Unmarried
Awards:	See text

Frieda Friedman (born 1905, date of death unknown) was a writer of children's literature who, from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s, published several short, illustrated novels primarily intended for preteen and adolescent girls. Her works enjoyed republication and numerous printings through the 1970s, and in some cases until the late 1980s.

Biography

Friedman was born in Syracuse in 1905.^[1] After earning a B.S. from New York University, Friedman entered into graduate study at Columbia University and New York University. In the course of her professional career, she was employed by New York American and several other newspapers and magazines. In 1930 she began writing poetry for the Norcross Greeting Card Company, and was eventually promoted to editor.^[2]

Friedman lived in New York City,^[2] and set some of her fiction there. She wrote often about girls in supportive, working-class or middle-class families. Illustrators of Friedman's work include Valeria Patterson, Carolyn Haywood, Mary Barton, Mary Stevens, Jacqueline Tomes, Vivienne Blake, Ulrike Zehe-Weinberg, Erich Hölle, Leonard Shortall, and (the pseudonymous) Emmo. On three occasions, the New York Herald Tribune Spring Book Festival recognized her work in adolescent fiction with an Honor Choice award: in 1947 for Dot for Short; in 1949 for A Sundae with Judy; and in 1956 for The Janitor's Girl.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Franz Schneider Verlag of Munich published German localisations of some of her titles. Auf Dotty ist Verlaß (1959) is based on Dot for Short (1947), and has new illustrations by Ulrike Zehe-Weinberg;^[5] Ellen hat die besten Freunde (1965), illustrated by Erich Hölle, derives from Ellen and the Gang (1963).^[6] Scholastic Book Services republished Dot for Short, Carol from the Country, and The Janitor's Girl with new illustrations by Mary Stevens; Carol from the Country is retitled Carol.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Bibliography

1. Book: Illustrated by Emmo . Bobbie Had a Nickel . John Martin's House . . A Bonnie Book . 1946 . 7599280.
2. Book: Illustrated by Carolyn Haywood . Dot for Short . registration . . New York . 1947 . 1013966.
3. Book: Illustrated by Vivienne Blake . Peppy, the Lonely Little Puppy . . Chicago . 1947 . 1652203.
4. Book: Illustrated by Valeria Patterson . Some Day . Samuel Lowe Company . Kenosha . A Bonnie Book . 1948 . 18377093.
5. Book: Illustrated by Valeria Patterson . Make Believe . John Martin's House . Kenosha . A Bonnie Book . 1948 . 7599273.
6. Book: Illustrated by Carolyn Haywood . A Sundae with Judy . William Morrow and Company . Kenosha . A Bonnie Book . 1949 . 1862567.
7. Book: Illustrated by Mary Barton . Carol from the Country . registration . William Morrow and Company . Kenosha . A Bonnie Book . 1950 . 2353570.
8. Book: Illustrated by Mary Barton . Pat and Her Policeman . William Morrow and Company . Kenosha . Morrow Junior Books . 1953 . 1652476.
9. Book: Illustrated by Mary Stevens . The Janitor's Girl . William Morrow and Company . Kenosha . Morrow Junior Books . 1956 . 300885.
10. Book: Let's Pretend . Samuel Lowe Company . Kenosha . 1959.
11. Book: Illustrated by Jacqueline Tomes . Ellen and the Gang . William Morrow and Company . Kenosha . Morrow Junior Books . 1963 . 300886.
12. Book: Illustrated by Leonard Shortall . Now That You Are 10 . Association Press . New York . 1963 . 4861600.
13. Book: When I Grow Up . Samuel Lowe Company . Kenosha . 1969.

Further reading

• 1950. Book Review Digest. 45. New York. H. W. Wilson Company. 0006-7326.
• Book: Farwell Davis . Louise . Recommended children's books, as professionally evaluated by librarians for librarians in the Junior libraries section of the Library Journal, arranged by grade and subject with author-title index . . 1951 . 12026816 . 23.
• Book: Yoakam . Gerald A. . A Report of the Eighth Annual Conference on Reading: The Content, Selection, and Use of Children's Literature . . Pittsburgh . 1952 . 123580773 . 79.
• Book: Richmond , Julius Benjamin . Health and Growth: Book Four . Scott Foresman and Company . 1971 . 14979182 . 48.
• Book: MacCann . Donnarae . Woodard . Gloria . The Black American in Books for Children: Readings in Racism . 2nd . . Metuchen . 1985 . 978-0-8108-1826-2 . 12107391 . 53 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Fuller . Muriel . 1963 . More Junior Authors . New York . H. W. Wilson Co. . 92–93 . 9780824200367 . 327986 .
2. Book: Commire . Anne . Anne Commire . 1986 . Something About the Author, Volume 43 . Detroit . . 94 . 9780810322530 . 0276-816X . 705262469.
3. Book: Smith . Laura J. . Children's Book Awards International: A directory of awards and winners, from inception through 1990 . . . 1992 . 978-0-89950-686-9 . 24910142 . 418 .
4. Book: Jones, Dolores Blythe . Children's Literature Awards and Winners: A directory of prizes, authors, and illustrators . Neal-Schuman Publishers . Detroit . 1983 . 978-0-8103-0171-9 . 9197441 .
5. Book: Friedman, Frieda . Illustrated by Ulrike Zehe-Weinberg . Auf Dotty ist Verlaß . Franz Schneider Verlag . German . München . 1959 . 164700734.
6. Book: Friedman, Frieda . Illustrated by Erich Hölle . Ellen hat die besten Freunde . German . Ellen Has the Best Friends . Franz Schneider Verlag . München . 1965 . 73375811.
7. Book: Friedman, Frieda . Illustrated by Mary Stevens . Dot for Short . Scholastic Book Services . New York .
8. Book: Friedman, Frieda . Illustrated by Mary Stevens . The Janitor's Girl . 1964 . registration . Scholastic Book Services . New York .
9. Book: Friedman, Frieda . Illustrated by Mary Stevens . Carol . Scholastic Book Services . New York . 1966 . 1196699.