<ul> <li>This edition includes the following editor&#39;s analysis:<i> </i><i>&quot;What Katy Did,&quot; a universal children&#39;s classic</i></li></ul><br />Originally published in 1883, &ldquo;A Round Dozen&rdquo; is a collection of thirteen short stories for children by the author of the &#39;What Katy Did&#39; series, American children&#39;s author Susan Coolidge.<br /><br />Throughout the varied collection Coolidge shows herself to be a superior children&#39;s writer, mixing the magical with the practical to good effect, rarely stepping out of the story to address the audience direct, but always adding something memorable when she did.