Gertrude Landa

Best known to young readers as “Aunt Naomi,” Gertrude Landa was an author, journalist, and playwright. Her book Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends was published in 1908, and was expanded upon several times.

“Hanina and his wife followed the fairy frog.” Illustration by unknown artist, published in Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Aunt Naomi (1919), Bloch Publishing Company.