author
Amy Wentworth Stone
1876–1938
Best remembered for warm, lively stories for children, this early 20th-century American writer brought everyday adventures to life with humor and kindness. Her books, including P-Penny and His Little Red Cart, have kept a quiet charm that still feels inviting today.
1 Audiobook
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories
by Elizabeth Ashe, Henry Seidel Canby, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie) Doty, H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight, John Galsworthy, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Katharine Butler Hathaway, Zephine Humphrey, Mary Lerner, F. J. Louriet, E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, Margaret Lynn, C. A. Mercer, Margaret Prescott Montague, E. (Edith) Nesbit, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Dallas Lore Sharp, Margaret Pollock Sherwood, Ernest Starr, Amy Wentworth Stone, Arthur Russell Taylor
About the author
Born in Massachusetts in 1876, Amy Wentworth Stone became an American author known for writing for children. Reliable catalog and reference sources connect her especially with P-Penny and His Little Red Cart and other books for young readers.
Before focusing on writing, she worked in social service, including with the Boston Children's Aid Society. Sources also indicate that she studied at Vassar College, a background that helps place her among the educated women writers who contributed to American children's literature in the early 1900s.
Stone died in 1938. Although she is not as widely remembered as some of her contemporaries, her stories still stand out for their gentle tone and clear affection for the world of childhood.