Eulalie osgood grover biography of martin

Children's Author

Eulalie Osgood Grover was probably best known as the creator of a series of reading primers for young readers centered around the characters known as the "Sunbonnet Babies."   Miss Grover was born June 22, 1873, in Mantorville, Minnesota and moved to Winter Park in 1926.

The Sunbonnet Babies Primer, published in 1902, was illustrated by Bertha L.

Corbett and revolved around the adventures of Molly and May, two little girls whose faces were completely hidden by large sunbonnets.   The primer was built around a 150-word vocabulary with later printings containing word lists to assist the teacher in picking out key words and phrases for emphasis.

The Sunbonnet Babies Primer was a huge success and was widely accepted in public schools throughout the United states.   In 1905 Miss Grover published a second series , The Overall Boys, which introduced little boy characters.

Miss Grover's European