Ella Rodman Church

Eliza Rodman McIlvaine Church (1831 – ) was an American writer of fiction, children's literature, and books about homemaking. She wrote under the names Ella Rodman and Ella Rodman Church.

Her early fiction includes a collection of short stories, Flights of Fancy (1853), and a gothic novel set in southern Italy, The Catanese; or, The Real and the Ideal (1853). She wrote numerous books for children published by religious publishers, including the Elmridge series, where a governess instructs children about the natural world.

On September 21, 1855, she married Joseph Moran Church, a poet, journalist, and publisher of the Philadelphia-based magazine Church's Bizzare. Together they edited a successor magazine, The Fireside Visitor, in 1856.

Ella Rodman Church died on 25 October 1912 in Kings County, New York.

In The Uncollected Henry James (2004), Floyd R. Horowitz attributed a number of stories published under the names Leslie Walter and Fannie Caprice to Henry James. In 2009, Lisa Nemrow established that those were pseudonyms used by Ella Rodman Church.

Elmridge

 * 1) Birds and Their Ways (Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1883)
 * 2) Flyers and Crawlers (1885)
 * 3) Flower talks at Elmridge (1885)
 * 4) Among the Trees at Elmridge (1886)
 * 5) Talks by the Seashore (1886)
 * 6) In the Hospital at Elmridge (1887)
 * 7) Sunday Evenings at Elmridge (1887)
 * 8) Little Neighbors at Elmridge (1887)
 * 9) Home Animals (1888)
 * 10) Some Useful Animals (1888)
 * 11) Dangerous Characters (1889)
 * 12) Water Animals (1890)

Little Pilgrim

 * 1) The Little Pilgrim (American Sunday School Union, 1879)
 * 2) Little Pilgrim at Aunt Lou's (1879)
 * 3) Little Pilgrim at Housekeeping (1879)
 * 4) Little Pilgrim at School (1879)
 * 5) Little Pilgrim's Christmas (1879)
 * 6) Little Pilgrim and Her Friends (1879)

Little Pilgrim Talks

 * 1) Little Pilgrim Talks: The Pet Hen [and] Good for Evil (1884?)
 * 2) Little Pilgrim Talks: Polly's Potatoes [and] A White Cat (1884?)
 * 3) Little Pilgrim Talks: The Terebella [and] Which of the Two (1884?)
 * 4) Little Pilgrim Talks: Some Valentines [and] Story of a Boat (1884?)
 * 5) Little Pilgrim Talks: Choosing Their Own Presents [and] Fourth of July Story (1884?)
 * 6) Little Pilgrim Talks: The Little Shepherdess [and] A Walk into the Country (1884?)
 * 7) Little Pilgrim Talks: Why a Boy Had the Croup [and] The Little Shoes (1884?)
 * 8) Little Pilgrim Talks: Penny's Night Out [and] Mamie and the Wolf (1884?)
 * 9) Little Pilgrim Talks: Helping and Hindering [and] Meddling Frank (1884?)
 * 10) Little Pilgrim Talks: The Prodigals (1884?)
 * 11) Little Pilgrim Talks: Bounce and Gem (1884?)
 * 12) Little Pilgrim Talks: Snowed Up (1884?)
 * 13) Little Pilgrim Talks: Being Generous (1884?)
 * 14) Little Pilgrim Talks: Lottie's Lessons (1884?)