<b>A Dear Little Girl </b>is a children&#39;s novel by <b>Amy Ella Blanchard</b>, published in 1909.<br /><br /><b>Amy Ella Blanchard</b> (June 28, 1854 &ndash; July 4, 1926) was a prolific American writer of children&#39;s literature.&nbsp;Amy Ella Blanchard was at first a teacher of art in the Woman&#39;s College in Baltimore, now Goucher College. She taught school while studying art.<br />She then taught drawing and painting for two years in Plainfield, New Jersey.