author
Miss (Pamela Atkins) Colman
1824–1900
Known for charming 19th-century verse and children’s books, this American writer helped bring poetry, flowers, and alphabet rhymes into young readers’ hands. Her surviving works have a gentle, decorative feel that reflects the gift-book and juvenile literature traditions of her time.
1 Audiobook
The Lu Lu Alphabet
by Miss (Pamela Atkins) Colman
About the author
Pamela Atkins Colman, often listed in library records as Miss (Pamela Atkins) Colman, was a 19th-century American author whose books include The Ladies' Vase of Wild Flowers (1850) and The Lu Lu Alphabet (1867). Public-domain and catalog records consistently connect her with these works, which blend poetry, nature writing, and children’s literature.
Available family-history records identify her as Pamela Atkins Colman, later Pamela Atkins Howard, and place her life in the 19th century, with death in 1900. Some sources disagree slightly on her birth year, listing either 1824 or 1825, so it is safest to say she was born in the mid-1820s.
Today, she is remembered mainly through digitized editions of her books. The Ladies' Vase of Wild Flowers shows her interest in literary anthologies and floral themes, while The Lu Lu Alphabet preserves her lighter, child-friendly style for alphabet learning and reading aloud.