Francis Channing Woodworth (1812 – June 5, 1859) was a printer, vicar and a writer.
He was born at Colchester, Connecticut, the nephew of Samuel Woodworth, and began his career as a printer. After eight years he became a preacher, but quit because of health issues. Thereafter he became a writer of juvenile literature, sometimes using pseudonym Theodore Tinker. He was editor of a magazine called The Youth's Cabinet, which his brother D. Austin Woodworth published. Francis died while sailing to New York from Savannah, Georgia.
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Stories for little folks Stories about birds and beasts (1850) Stories about the country (1850) A wheat-sheaf: gathered from our own fields (1850) Our own fields (1850) The peddler's boy, or, I'll be somebody (1851) A peep at the beasts (1851) Stories about birds: with pictures to match (1851) Uncle Frank's home stories (1851) 6 volumes Youth's book of gems (1851) The boy's story book (1852) A budget of Willow Lane stories (1852) The little mischief-maker: and other stories (1852) A peep at the beasts: with twenty engravings (1852) The poor organ-grinder: and other stories (1852) Uncle Frank's peep at the beasts (1852) Uncle Frank's picture gallery (1852) The wonderful letter-bag of kit curious: with tinted illustrations (1852) First lessons in botany (1853) Wonders of the insect world: with illustrative engravings (1853) The boy's and girl's country book: with illustrations (1854) The boy's story book (1854) Buds and blossoms from our own garden (1854) Jack Mason: the old sailor (1855) The young American's life of Fremont (1856) Stories about the country: with illustrations (1857) The boy's and girl's country book (1858) The picture A.B.C. book with stories (1859)
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