Marcia Lauter Obrasky Levin (1918–2006) was a popular children's book author, using the pen name of Marcia Martin, creator of the
Donna Parker
Donna Parker is the protagonist of an eponymous seven-volume book series for girls that was written by Marcia Levin under the pseudonym Marcia Martin from the 1950s through the 1960s.
First published by Whitman from 1957 through 1964 in thick gl ...
series, as well as 22 books for beginning readers, and some of the first enrichment text books in the ''New Mathematics,'' she was born and raised in Philadelphia, and lived in Rye, New York for 56 years.
Bibliography (partial)
Donna Parker Series
* ''Donna Parker, Special Agent'' (
Whitman Books, 1957 - )
* ''Donna Parker on Her Own'' (Whitman Books, 1957)
* ''Donna Parker: A Spring to Remember'' (Whitman Books, 1960)
* ''Donna Parker at Cherrydale'' (
World Distributors
World Distributors (known colloquially as "Pembertons") was a British publisher and distributor of magazines and comic books. The company was known for repackaging American comics and producing comic book annuals based on licensed properties. For ...
, 1961)
* ''Donna Parker in Hollywood'' (Whitman Books, 1961)
* ''Donna Parker Mystery at Arawak'' (Whitman Books, 1962)
* ''Donna Parker Takes a Giant Step'' (Whitman Books, 1964)
Tom Corbett Series
* ''Tom Corbett's A Trip to the Moon'' (
Wonder Books
The Wonder Books are a series of books produced in the 1930s and 1940s. It was published by the University of Knowledge Incorporated, editor in chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's edito ...
, 1953)
* ''Tom Corbett's Wonder Book of Space'' (Wonder Books, 1953)
Classics Retold
* ''Anna Sewell's Black Beauty Retold For Little Children'' (Wonder Books, 1952)
* ''Peter Pan'' (Wonder Books, 1952) ''(illustrated by
Beatrice Derwinski)''
* ''Adventures From the Original Alice in Wonderland'' (Wonder Books, 1978)
The Merry Mailman Series
* ''The Merry Mailman'' (
Treasure Books, 1953)
* ''The Merry Mailman Around the World'' (Treasure Books, 1955)
Mathematics
* ''Mathematics Illustrated Dictionary: Facts, Figures and People, Including the New Mathematics'' by Jeanne Bendick, Marcia Levin, Leonard Simon, Margaret Pickard. (Kaye & Ward Limited, )
* ''New mathematics practice workbook'' Marcia Levin & Jeanne Bendick. Illustrated by Jeanne Bendick. (Grosset & Dunlap, 1966)
Other books
* ''A Little Cowboy's Christmas'' (Wonder Books, 1951)
* ''How the Clown Got His Smile'' (Wonder Books, 1951)
* ''Sonny the Lucky Bunny'' (World Distributors, 1952) ''(illustrated by
Art Seiden)''
* ''Waiting for Santa Claus: Christmas is coming'' (Wonder Books, 1952)
* ''Let's Take a Ride'' (Treasure Books, 1953)
* ''Johnny Grows Up'' (Wonder Books, 1954)
External links
Obituary on official website
1918 births
2006 deaths
American children's writers
Writers from Philadelphia
American women children's writers
20th-century American women
20th-century American people
21st-century American women
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