In search of a pioneering Australian children s writer
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NLA Publishing, $34.95
The subtitle of this book is “The Fascinating Story of Australia’s First Children’s Author”, which led me to expect a literary biography. I was wrong. It’s the story of Charlotte Waring Atkinson (also known as Charlotte Barton), who in 1841 wrote A Mother’s Offering to Her Children under the name of “A Lady Long Resident in New South Wales”. But there’s surprisingly little space devoted here to her book.
A self-portrait of Charlotte Waring Atkinson from her 1848 sketchbook.