"Sewell Park Academy Sewell Park Academy is a secondary school located on the north-eastern edge of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. It has approximately 800 students aged eleven to sixteen (years 7 to 11). It is situated between St. Clements Hill and ""Constitution Hill"" (B1150), east of New Catton. On the school grounds is the Sewell Barn Theatre. The name of the school comes from Philip Sewell, the brother of Anna Sewell, the author of ""Black Beauty"". It was The Blyth School, a grammar school, which was built in 1929 in grounds owned by Philip Sewell, who died in"
"from the station from which he commuted to work. Her dependence on horse-drawn transportation fostered her respect for horses. Sewell's introduction to writing began in her youth when she helped edit the works of her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1797–1884), a deeply religious, popular author of juvenile best-sellers. Anna Sewell never married or had children. In visits to European spas, she met many writers, artists, and philanthropists. Her only book was ""Black Beauty"", written between 1871 and 1877 in her house at Old Catton. During this time, her health was declining, and she could barely get out of bed. Her"
"was born. The family lived at the Blue Lodge, Wick from 1858 to 1864. She had a great love of poetry and wrote ""Mother's Last Words"" (which sold just over a million copies throughout the world) while living at Wick, near Bristol. The book tells a story of how two boys are saved from sin by their mothers last words. Mary Wright Sewell Mary Wright Sewell (; 6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular for writing juvenile bestsellers in her day, she is better known today as the mother of Anna"
"Black Beauty Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, ""Black Beauty"" is one of the best-selling books of all time. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect. In 2003, the novel was listed"
"at number 58 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. It is seen as a forerunner of the pony book. Anna Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth, England, and had a brother named Philip, who was an engineer in Europe. At the age of 14, Anna fell while walking home from school in the rain and injured both ankles. Through mistreatment of the injury, she became unable to walk or stand for any length of time for the rest of her life. Disabled and unable to walk, she began learning about horses, spending many hours driving her father to and"
"The play was perform at the Broughton Hall Estate, North Yorkshire and Epsom Racecourse, Surrey. The production was a critical success and was performed around the UK in 2012. (plain text and HTML) Black Beauty Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, ""Black"
"against checkreins, blinkers, and tail docking. According to Amélie Tsaag Valren, the novel ""prefigures in a certain way the disappearance of the horse in the city. Anna Sewell shows that this animal of flesh and blood, who feels pain and sadness, does not have a place in the urban environment and the industrial society of London"". The novel provoked controversy in England upon publication. It was only over time that it became a best seller. Anna Sewell, who died five months after publication, affirmed that her goal was to improve the lot of horses in this country. The result exceeded"
"Sienna was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 2006. He sidelined his music career for a couple years before releasing his solo album debut, ""Believe,"" produced by Nick Patrick, in 2008. Sewell then publicised autism awareness; for instance, he released Believe on the date of his daughter's fifth birthday and discussed treating autism at all media interviews. He is an ambassador of the St. James Theatre in London, which opened in September 2012. Sewell was born in Wellington. His older sister Julie died when she was 22. Sewell credits her loss as his inspiration to pursue his dreams"
"Ann, who later changed her first name, became a best-selling author of historical and biographical novels as Anya Seton. According to Ann's introduction to the novel ""Green Darkness"", Grace was a practicing Theosophist. Ernest and Grace divorced in 1935, and Ernest soon married Julia Moss Buttree. Julia wrote works by herself and with Ernest. They did not have any biological children, but adopted an infant daughter, Beulah (Dee) Seton (later Dee Seton Barber), in 1938. Dee Seton Barber, a talented embroiderer of articles for synagogues such as Torah mantles, died in 2006. Seton called his father ""the most selfish man"
"she finished in 1991. UNC-Asheville has honored her as a ""Distinguished Alumna"" as well as employed her as part of its teaching staff. ""Two paperback mysteries"" appeared in the early 1980s, but her career in creative writing progressed along with her career as a university teacher. “For the first time in my life, I was no one’s daughter, niece, wife or mother. I was just Ann, and my identity came from my classroom performance alone. ... It was absolutely liberating.” A full-time writing career followed on from the success of her first Miss Julia book."" She is ""the mother of"
"City public school children studying ballroom dance, Sewell joined forces with film producer Marilyn Agrelo to turn her story into the hit documentary ""Mad Hot Ballroom."" Awards bestowed upon ""Mad Hot Ballroom"" include: Sewell’s books include: Sewell’s short stories and screenplays include: Sewell has also written the following news articles: Amy Sewell Amy Sewell (born 1963) is an American author and filmmaker, best known for ""Mad Hot Ballroom"" (Paramount, 2005), in which she debuted as a film writer and producer. Sewell is also the founder/director of a non-profit organization, Give It Up for the ARTS. The non-profit's main mission is"
"April 1878 in the Quaker burial-ground at Lammas near Buxton, Norfolk, where a wall plaque marks her resting place. Her birthplace in Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, is now a museum. Sewell did not write the novel for children. She said that her purpose in writing the novel was ""to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses""—an influence she attributed to an essay on animals she read earlier by Horace Bushnell (1802–1876) entitled ""Essay on Animals"". Her sympathetic portrayal of the plight of working animals led to a vast outpouring of concern for animal welfare and is said to"
"and illustration. Anna Sewell died in 1878, too soon to know how universal her story would become. Manuscript collections are solicited from children’s authors and illustrators living in or identified with the Northeast and Eastern Seaboard. Of particular interest are collections containing all aspects of book creation, such as book dummies, sketches and other illustrations, dust jackets, drafts and revisions, correspondence, and related materials. These materials created prior to the finished work inform researchers on the nature of the entire creative process from conception to completion. The Northeast Children’s Literature Collection now contains approximately 105 collections of manuscript materials of"
"dearly-loved mother often had to help her in her illness. She sold the book to the local publishers, Jarrold & Sons. The book broke records for sales and is the “sixth best seller in the English language."" By telling the story of a horse's life in the form of an autobiography and describing the world through the eyes of the horse, Anna Sewell broke new literary ground. Sewell died of hepatitis or tuberculosis on 25 April 1878, only five months after the novel was published, but she lived long enough to see its initial success. She was buried on 30"
"Just Listen (novel) Just Listen (2006) is a young adult novel written by author Sarah Dessen. It is her seventh published novel. Annabel Greene is a girl who has it all—at least, that's how it seems on TV commercials. Annabel's life is far from perfect. Her friendship with her best friends Clarke and Sophie ended bitterly, due to a few events that tore them apart. This left her alone and friendless at the beginning of a new school year. Her sister Whitney's eating disorder is weighing down the entire family, and Annabel fears speaking out about her past and her"
"Amy Sewell Amy Sewell (born 1963) is an American author and filmmaker, best known for ""Mad Hot Ballroom"" (Paramount, 2005), in which she debuted as a film writer and producer. Sewell is also the founder/director of a non-profit organization, Give It Up for the ARTS. The non-profit's main mission is to help kids gain exposure to the arts. Although born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1963, Sewell grew up in suburban Chicago and Detroit. In 1985, she earned a degree in marketing and communications from the University of Michigan. After working in marketing for several years, Sewell enrolled in Schiller"
"House. There is an Anna Sewell memorial fountain and horse trough outside the public library in Ansonia, Connecticut, in the United States of America. It was donated by Caroline Phelps Stokes, a philanthropist known for her work supporting animal welfare, in 1892. A memorial fountain to Sewell is located at the junction of Constitution Hill and St. Clement's Hill in Norwich, which also marks the entrance to Sewell Park. The fountain was placed in 1917 by Sewell's niece Ada Sewell. On 1 September 1984 the graveyard at Lammas was bulldozed by contractors under the direction of Mrs Wendy Forsey without"
"lack of enthusiasm for modeling. In the midst of her isolation, she meets Owen—a music-obsessed, intense classmate who, after taking an anger management class, is determined to tell the truth. With his help, Annabel may start facing her fears—and more importantly, speaking the truth to herself. Just Listen (novel) Just Listen (2006) is a young adult novel written by author Sarah Dessen. It is her seventh published novel. Annabel Greene is a girl who has it all—at least, that's how it seems on TV commercials. Annabel's life is far from perfect. Her friendship with her best friends Clarke and Sophie"
"world told her keep quiet, and the few living friends who did know about her communications with the dead thought she had imagined them. Sewall explained her intent in publishing the book was to provide others with the ""comfort of knowing the simplicity and naturalness of the life into which they passed"" after their life on earth ended. Sewall died on July 22, 1920, of ""chronic parenchymatous nephritis"" (kidney disease) at St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, at the age of seventy-six. Her funeral was held at All Souls Unitarian Church in Indianapolis. She is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, beside"
"such works as Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" (1894). However, one of the features separating the turn-of-the-century animal writers from those before them was the desire to have their animals set an example through their noble, sympathetic characteristics. Anna Sewell's ""Black Beauty"", for example, told the story of a gentle horse seemingly from the animal's own point of view; after being published in the United States by the American Humane Education Society in 1890, Sewell's book helped further the cause against animal cruelty. The budding animal welfare movement helped establish a climate for wider public support of wildlife conservation, and"
"Sewell and her godmother, Charlotte Yonge. Around 1859 Yonge created a literary group made up of younger girl cousins in order that they could write essays and gain advice from Yonge on their writing. Together they created a private magazine called ""The Barnacle"" and this collaboration continued until about 1871. This was valuable as this may have been the last generation of girls to be educated at home. Alice was unusual in that she was getting ""a boy's education"". Alice contributed under the name of ""Gurgoyle"". From the first issue she drew the covers and she contributed translations, articles, riddles"
"She died of a stroke, aged fifty-five on 29 June 2003. She is survived by her husband and two children. Anna King (writer) Anna King (4 April 1948 – 29 June 2003) was an author who had ten novels published between 1990 and 2003. Her first book, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries, was a semi-autobiographical work dealing with the central character Marie's lifelong struggle with Crohn's disease and its impact on herself and her family. Following novels were usually set in the East End of London during the Victorian era, such as Ruby Chadwick, A Handful Of Sovereigns,"
"Anna King (writer) Anna King (4 April 1948 – 29 June 2003) was an author who had ten novels published between 1990 and 2003. Her first book, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries, was a semi-autobiographical work dealing with the central character Marie's lifelong struggle with Crohn's disease and its impact on herself and her family. Following novels were usually set in the East End of London during the Victorian era, such as Ruby Chadwick, A Handful Of Sovereigns, Frankie's Manor, A Palace of Tears, Fur Coat No Knickers, The Ragamuffins, Luck Be a Lady and Maybe This Time."
"eighteenth than the nineteenth century"" (The Ladies' Battle 116). Her father was a student of the Classics, who influenced her learning. She was not allowed to read a novel until she was 17, instead reading history, encyclopedias, William Shakespeare, and the Romantic poets. Her education was primarily informal at home, where she learned riding, dancing, and household management. In addition to these influences and her Tidewater surroundings, Seawell's seafaring uncle, Joseph Seawell, contributed to her future literary subjects. After her father's death and between her move to Norfolk and settling for life in Washington, D.C., Seawell made the first of"
"married the television writer and producer Richard Appel in 1993 and had two children, Gabriel and Grace. Appel, a writer for ""The Simpsons"", named the character Mona Simpson after his wife, beginning with the episode ""Mother Simpson."" They later divorced. Mona Simpson Mona Simpson (née Jandali; June 14, 1957) is an American novelist. She has written six novels and studied English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Languages and Literature at Bard College. She won a Whiting Award for her first novel, ""Anywhere but Here"" (1986). It was a popular success and adapted as a film by"
"lack of money for schooling. In 1822, Isaac's business, a small shop, failed and the family moved to Dalston, London. Life was difficult for the family, and Isaac and Mary frequently sent Philip and Anna to stay with Mary's parents in Buxton. In 1832, when she was twelve, the family moved to Stoke Newington and Sewell attended school for the first time. At fourteen, Sewell slipped and severely injured her ankles. For the rest of her life she could not stand without a crutch or walk for any length of time. For greater mobility, she frequently used horse-drawn carriages, which"
"Anne Sebba Anne Sebba is an award-winning British biographer, writer, lecturer and journalist. She is the author of nine non-fiction books for adults, two biographies for children and several introductions to reprinted classics. Anne Sebba (née Rubinstein) was born in London in 1951. She read history at King's College London (1969–72) and after a brief spell at the BBC World Service in Bush House joined Reuters as a graduate trainee, working in London and Rome, from 1972–8. She wrote her first book while living in New York City and now lives in London. Her discovery of an unpublished series of"
"published, besides those already mentioned, seven tales, of which ""Ursula"" (1858) is the most important. She wrote also many devotional works such as ""Passing Thoughts on Religion"" (1860) and schoolbooks. Of the former ""Thoughts for Holy Week"" (1857) and ""Preparation for the Holy Communion"" (1864) have been often reprinted, as late as 1907 and 1910 respectively. Her schoolbooks chiefly deal with history, and two volumes of ""Historical Selections"" (1868) were written in collaboration with Charlotte Yonge. Elizabeth Sewell contributed to the ""Monthly Packet"". Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing Sewell (19 February 1815 – 17 August 1906) was an English author"
"Lisa Jewell Lisa Jewell (born 19 July 1968, Middlesex Hospital, London, England) is a British author of popular fiction. Her books include ""Ralph's Party"", ""Thirtynothing"", ""After The Party"", a sequel to ""Ralph's Party"", and most recently ""The House We Grew Up In"", ""The Girls in the Garden"", and ""Then She Was Gone"". She was educated at St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School in Finchley, north London, leaving school after one day in the sixth form to do an art foundation course at Barnet College followed by a diploma in fashion illustration at Epsom School of Art & Design. She worked in"
"divorced in 1968. She died in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, and was survived by two daughters, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. She is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich. Anya Seton Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990), born Ann Seton, was an American author of historical romances, or as she preferred they be called, ""biographical novels"". Seton's historical novels were noted for how extensively she researched the historical facts, and some of them were best-sellers: ""Dragonwyck"" (1944) and ""Foxfire"" (1950) were both made into Hollywood films. Three of her books are classics in their genre and continue in"
"Helen Sewell Helen Sewell (June 27, 1896 – February 24, 1957) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. She was a runner-up for the 1955 Caldecott Medal as illustrator of ""The Thanksgiving Story"" by Alice Dalgliesh and she illustrated several novels that were runners-up for the Newbery Medal. Some of her papers were donated to the University of Minnesota. Sewell was born in Mare Island, California; her father was William Elbridge Sewell, who later became Governor of Guam. She studied at the Pratt Institute, including classes with Alexander Archipenko. Her first book was published in 1923, ""The Cruise"
"Jan Siegel Jan Siegel is a pseudonym of Amanda Hemingway (born 1955 in London, UK). She is a British author of fantasy novels, best known for the ""Fern Capel"" series. The daughter of architect George Askew and Mavis Gold, Amanda grew up in Lewes (East Sussex, UK) where her father was for a time mayor. She became Amanda Hemingway on marriage to Martin Hemingway in 1977 (marriage dissolved 1981). Modern-day Nathan, 11, stumbles upon the ruins of a dark chapel in the deep woods, and becomes haunted by dreams of a grail cup filled with blood. His mother, Annie, runs"
"the poet Anna Seward. Although she was intellectually stimulated by these writers, she was distressed by their lack of faith and later described Richard Edgeworth as an ""infidel."" She also criticized Seward's persona of the female author, writing in her autobiography that she would never model herself after a woman who wore a wig and accumulated male flatterers. She was determined to become a writer and when she was seventeen her father, who encouraged her writing, helped her publish her first story, ""Traditions"" (1795). When Sherwood's father died in 1795, her family retired from its active social life, since her"