Jenny Wren

We note your celebration of the strength and resilience of disabled people: Jenny Wren, whose body is twisted and painful and who makes her career as a dolls' dressmaker; Phil Squod, who can't walk straight and is disfigured, and who is hard-working, loyal and kind; Miss Flite, whose madness sees the truth; crazy Barnaby; hairless Maggie; Sloppy, whose head is too small.

A letter to Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday 2012

Then he fell to talking playfully with Jenny Wren.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

Jenny Wren was in the hall, talking on the telephone when Suzie and Ned arrived.

Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002

Jenny Wren, they continued until interrupted by Mr. Wrayburn, a friend of Lizzie's, who fell to talking playfully with Jenny Wren.

Ten Girls from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser

On his roof-top garden, Jenny Wren and her friend Lizzie were sitting one day, together, when Mr. Fledgeby came up and joined the party, interrupting their conversation.

Ten Girls from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Jenny Wren fell sick again, and Jenny Wren did die;

Aunt Kitty's Stories Various

I knew Jenny Wren was spirited; but I should hardly have thought that of her; should you!

The Nursery, No. 103, July, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Various

It was on a merry time, when Jenny Wren was young,

Aunt Kitty's Stories Various

Instantly Jenny Wren popped her head out of her doorway.

Burgess Bird Book for Children 1919

Peter Rabbit never will forget his surprise when Jenny Wren asked him one spring morning if he had seen anything of her big cousin.

Burgess Bird Book for Children 1919