William Maxwell Reed (January 12, 1871 in Bath, Maine – September 1962) was a pioneering U.S. author of illustrated science books for children.
Beginning as a series of letters to his nephew, his first book, The Earth for Sam, was published in 1929.
Earth was followed by a series of popular children's information books, many published by Harcourt, Brace.
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