The Dorothy Dale series, published by the world-renowned Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pen name Margaret Penrose, was one of the first series marketed toward a young female audience. The series pairs strong moral lessons with a heaping dose of action-adventure that will capture and keep the attention of even reluctant readers.
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Margaret Penrose was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The name Margaret Penrose was used for: The Dorothy Dale series, The Radio Girls series (Later reprinted as The Campfire Girls series) and The Motor Girls series. The Stratemeyer Syndicate was a publishing company that produced a number of mystery book series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others. They published and contracted the many pseudonymous authors doing the writing of the series from 1899 through 1987, when the syndicate partners sold the company to Mega-Books.
Margaret Penrose was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. This name was used for books like Dorothy Dale (1908), Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School (1908), Dorothy Dale's Great Secret (1909), Dorothy Dale and Her Chums (1909), Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays (1910), The Motor Girls (1910), The Motor Girls on a Tour (1910), Dorothy Dale's Camping Days (1911), The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach (1911), The Motor Girls Through New England (1911), The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake (1912), Dorothy Dale's School Rivals (1912), Dorothy Dale in the City (1913), The Motor Girls on the Coast (1913), Dorothy Dale's Promise (1914), The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay (1914), Dorothy Dale in the West (1915), The Motor Girls on Waters Blue (1915), Dorothy Dale's Strange Discovery (1916), The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise (1916), and Dorothy Dale's Engagement (1917).