About Mary Ellen Chase: Mary Ellen Chase is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century.
There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.
There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. (1952)
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.