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Aunt Fanny
1822–1894
Known to generations of 19th-century readers by a warm, familiar pen name, this American writer filled children's books with lively stories, humor, and moral lessons. Her work helped make her a recognizable presence in family reading during the mid-1800s.
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
More Mittens; with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories Being the third book of the series
by Aunt Fanny
Pop-Guns: One Serious and One Funny
by Aunt Fanny
Baby Nightcaps
by Aunt Fanny
The Little Nightcap Letters
by Aunt Fanny
About the author
Frances Elizabeth Barrow, who wrote as Aunt Fanny, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 22, 1822, and died in New York on May 7, 1894. She was an American children's writer and novelist, and she began publishing books for young readers under the name Aunt Fanny in the 1850s.
Reference sources describe her as having been educated in New York and spending much of her life there. During the next several decades, she became known for a large body of writing for children, with stories that mixed entertainment, instruction, and everyday feeling in a way that appealed to family audiences.
Her pen name became far better known than her given name, which says a lot about the place she held in 19th-century children's literature. Even now, Aunt Fanny remains a memorable figure from the era of early American storybooks for young readers.