![]() Barbara’s tale of the young Eepersip the girl who runs away from her home to live with nature, befriending animals along the way was lost forever. ![]() Unfortunately, the manuscript burned in a house fire. It was 1923, and she was just 8 years old.īarbara Newhall Follett is hailed as a child prodigy ![]() ![]() Barbara had written poems before, but now she embarked on her first novel, ‘ The Adventures of Eepersip’, as a present for her mother. Her parents encouraged her writing and gave her a typewriter. When she was 7, she invented an imaginary world called ‘ Farksolia’ complete with its own language ‘ Farksoo’. As a young child, she was naturally curious and gifted in making up stories. Barbara had a unique talent and a quirky nature that set her apart from her parents and, indeed, her peers.īarbara was home-schooled by her mother and loved being outdoors and surrounded by nature. But there is no suggestion of nepotism here. Perhaps it was only natural that Barbara followed in her parents’ footsteps. Her mother was the esteemed children’s author Helen Thomas Follett. ![]() Her father, Wilson Follett, was a university lecturer, literary editor and critic. From an early age, she was fascinated by nature, but Barbara was destined to write. Barbara Newhall Follett: The child prodigy with incredible talentīarbara Newhall Follett was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on 4th March 1914. ![]()
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