Laura E. Richards

Her life

● Laura Elizabeth Richards was born on February 27th 1850 in Boston, Machusetss.

● Her parents were called Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward Howe.

● She had got one sister, Maud Howe Elliot.

● Her husband was called Henrie Richards.

● She had got seven sons and one daughter.

● She died on January 14th 1943.

Her work● She wrote lots of books, biographies and poems. For

example:

- Baby's Rhyme Book (1878)

- The Little Tyrant (1880)

- The Hildegarde Series

- etc-

● In 1917, Laura won a Pulitzer Prize for Julia Ward Howe.

● One of her most famous poem is ...

... ELETELEPHONY

● Once there was an elephant,

● who tried to use the telephant.

● No! No! I mean an elephone

● who tried to use the telephone.

● (Dear me! I am not certain quite

● that even now I've got it right)

● Howe'er it was, he got his trunk

● entangled in the telephunk;

● the more he tried to get it free,

● the louder buzzed the telephee.

● (I fear I'd better drop the song

● of elephop and telephong!)

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