the children
 

Name: the children

Other Names: the little children

Classification:  supporting characters    group  

Publisher(s): Marsh, Capen & Lyon

First Appearance: Poems for Our Children (1830): "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

Creators: Sarah Josepha Hale, John Roulstone

Number of Appearances: 1

Ally: Mary

Type of Organization/Group: student

Student of: The Teacher

Location: Sterling, Massachusetts, USA

Race: white

Note: Mary's classmates; laughed when lamb followed her to school