Farjeon, Eleanor

Farjeon, Eleanor (1882-1965), author, b. London.

Eleanor Farjeon's father was an author and she started writing stories as a child.

She had learned to use a typewriter by the time she was seven.

At first she had many stories, articles and poems published in magazines. Then in 1916, her first book appeared, Nursery Rhymes of London Town.

After that she wrote many famous books of stories and poems for children including Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1921), Silver-Sand and Snow (1951) and The Little Bookroom (1955) which won two important prizes.