Opal Whiteley
Opal Whiteley grew up in logging settlements near the town of Cottage Grove, at the southern end of Oregon's Willamette Valley. A child literary prodigy and acclaimed nature teacher, she is the author of The Fairyland Around Us , a self-published nature book for children (1918), and her bestselling childhood diary, The Story of Opal (1920).
Opal Whiteley grew up in logging settlements near the town of Cottage Grove, at the southern end of Oregon's Willamette Valley. A child literary prodigy and acclaimed nature teacher, she is the author of The Fairyland Around Us , a self-published nature book for children (1918), and her bestselling childhood diary, The Story of Opal (1920). See less
