Anna Sewell Anna Sewell Anna Sewell (; 30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was an English novelist. She is well known as the author of the 1877 novel "Black Beauty," one of the top ten best selling novels for children ever created. Sewell was born on 30 March 1820 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, into a devoutly Quaker family. Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793–1879), and her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1798–1884), was a successful author of children's books. She had one sibling, a younger brother named Philip. The children were largely educated at home by their mother due to a
Anna Sarfatti regime in Italy (1938–1945), have found a large audience among teachers and school children. Both were written with the historian Michele Sarfatti. Anna Sarfatti has been in contact with the "Anna Meyer" Children's Hospital in Florence, collaborating in their project to make children feel happier in hospital and not being frightened of their health problems (see the book "Guai a chi mi chiama passerotto! I diritti dei bambini in ospedale"). Two short stories for adults have been published in "Decameron 2013", published by Felici 2013. Anna Sarfatti has also concentrated her work on Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss,