Amy Wentworth Stone (1876-1938) was an American writer known for being the author of P-Penny and His Little Red Cart as well as other books for children.

Stone was born in Danvers, Massachusetts on January 25, 1876 to Philip Henry and Harriet Lucetta (Daniell) Wentworth.

[11] After her marriage she briefly worked as assistant probation officer in Union County, New Jersey before the family moved to Massachusetts.

[15] P-Penny and His Little Red Cart was chosen by the National Council of Teachers of English to be part of their Reading for Fun recommendations in 1937.

[16] Her posthumously published book Going-on-Nine which is about her childhood at Locust Lawn was chosen as a selection of the Junior Literary Guild for eight and ten year olds in 1940.