Julia Darrow Cowles

Julia Darrow Cowles (January 6, 1862 – September 6, 1919) was an American children's book writer and storyteller.

She was born in Norwalk, Ohio, to a family of Frank V. Darrow, one of the firm of Darrow Bros in Norwalk. She was a granddaughter of Rev. Allan Darrow who was a Baptist minister in Ohio and one of the founders of Denison University. She received her education in the Central High School of Buffalo, New York. In addition to books, she has also been a contributor to The Youth's Companion, St. Nicholas, and other juvenile publications.

On October 16, 1883, she married Francis Dana Cowles in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Books

Jim Crow's language lessons and other stories of birds and animals 1903

The Robinson Crusoe Reader 1906

Stories to tell, including stories for reproduction and dramatization in the school room 1906

HE ART OF STORY-TELLING 1914

Favorite Fairy Tales Retold 1915

Going to school in animal land 1917

Indian Nature Myths 1918

Myths from many lands, 1924

Our Little Cousin of Long Ago series

Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago

Our Little Carthaginian Cousin of Long Ago

Our Little Macedonian Cousin of Long Ago

Our Little Roman Cousin of Long Ago

Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago