Her autobiography I Passed This Way was also very successful and made into a film. Her best known work of fiction – Spinster – is about a teacher. TEACHER was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. After her husband died in 1969, she moved to North America, where she wrote books about teaching. Read 30 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Though she did write and paint, she focused on teaching Maori children to read. TEACHER was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. Nevertheless she became a teacher and had a long career, working with her husband in Maori schools. She trained to become a teacher – against her will, partly because she wanted to be a writer or pianist and partly because she wanted to escape her mother’s influence. Sylvia was educated by her mother but also at different schools. As there were nine children, the family was poor. 0 Ratings 6 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Donate this book to the Internet Archive library. This is Sylvia Ashton-Warners first book about the classroom since the publication of her classic Teacher. Her mother was a teacher, who travelled to remote areas, while her father suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and stayed at home, telling his children stories. An edition of Teacher (1963) Teacher by Sylvia Ashton-Warner. Sylvia Ashton-Warners 7 research works with 2 citations and 11 reads. Follow the Author Sylvia Ashton-Warner Teacher Hardcover Januby Sylvia Ashton-Warner (Author) 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings Hardcover 8.81 12 Used from 5.50 1 Collectible from 22.44 Paperback 12.63 70 Used from 1.44 18 New from 8.06 1 Collectible from 29.43 Mass Market Paperback 6.96 19 Used from 2.99 1 Collectible from 6. Sylvia Ashton-Warner was born in Stratford, Taranaki in 1908.

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