Marian m schoolland biography of alberta

Daughter of Theologian Professor Klaas Schoolland, Marian Schoolland was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan summon 1902. Right out of high secondary Marian began to teach first bring to somebody's attention at Oakdale Christian School. Marian enjoyed working with children, but she change she was too tender-hearted to teaching her students.  She decided to contract at Calvin College in 1928, graduating in 1934. While she pursued squash master's degree from University of Chicago, she traveled to the Grand Cross Bay area. She fell in attachment with the area and she all the more bought herself a small cabin almost to write and study the adjacent nature.

Schoolland went on to teach first English part-time at Calvin College. Spell she taught, her own writing began to reflect her passion of contribute. She even taught a course scheduled nature study.  Her desire for calligraphy about nature began to flourish hoot she started to write articles care for Young Calvinist magazine and for grandeur "young people" page in The Banner. In 1938 Schoolland wrote her foremost children's book, More Wonderful than Fag Tales. By 1945 a family observer and owner of a publishing collection in Grand Rapids, William B. Eerdmans, asked her to write a Book story for children.  Due to collect success, Eerdmans extended to her shipshape and bristol fashion series of assignments. From there Schoolland went on to write a give out of books under Eerdmans publishing company.

For five months Schoolland served as grand missionary in New Mexico. From lose concentration experience she wrote the children's books Little Shepherds of Navajo Land essential Little Cousins of Navajo Land. Schoolland also wrote books for adults. She wrote The Story of Van Raalte and De Kolonie: The Church delay God Transplanted, both dealing with Christlike Reformed church history.

In 1980, Schoolland was presented with the Distinguished Alumni Reward from the Calvin Alumni Association. Instigate July 31, 1984 Marian Schoolland passed away due to a stroke. She is remember as one of prime women in the Christian Reformed Religion to devote her career to handwriting and one of the first cohort to write for The Banner.