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Aunt Fanny
1822–1894
Best known by the pen name Aunt Fanny, she wrote lively, moral, and often funny stories for young readers in the 19th century. Her books helped make her a familiar name in American children's literature.
13 Audiobooks
The Fairy Nightcaps
by Aunt Fanny
The Orphan's Home Mittens, and George's Account of the Battle of Roanoke Island Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series
by Aunt Fanny
Aunt Fanny's Story-Book for Little Boys and Girls
by Aunt Fanny
Pop-Guns: One Serious and One Funny
by Aunt Fanny
Baby Nightcaps
by Aunt Fanny
More Mittens; with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories Being the third book of the series
by Aunt Fanny
The Little Nightcap Letters
by Aunt Fanny
About the author
Born Frances Elizabeth Mease in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1822, she later became known to generations of readers as Aunt Fanny. She was educated in New York, married James Barrow Jr. in 1848, and began publishing children's books under her famous pen name in 1855.
Her work blended humor, storytelling, and gentle lessons for children. She wrote widely read titles and series including the Nightcaps books, and her stories were popular enough to be translated in Europe.
Barrow remained an active literary figure for many years, and her name stayed before the public well beyond her early success as a children's author. She died in New York in 1894.