Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr. Biography

Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr. (1902–1983), was a prodigious poet and child prodigy. Her development was heavily influenced by her mother and collaborator Winifred Sackville Stoner.
Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr. was born in Evansville, IN, the daughter of Winifred Sackville Stoner (ca. 1870-1931). "Mother Stoner," founder of the Natural Education movement, was an innovative educator who promoted the importance of fun in learning.
Mother Stoner's own child proved a successful learner in her own right. By age three, the younger Stoner could read and write capably; by six, she could use a typewriter and had had an illustrated book of her poems published; by eight, she spoke at least five languages and had translated Mother Goose into Esperanto ("Patrino Anserino"). At nine, she passed the entrance exams for a prominent national university.
The two collaborated through the 1920s on a monthly promotional publication entitled "Mother Stoner's Bulletin".