Contes de l'enfance et du foyer
She did not attend school full-time until she was 12 years old. She became a voracious reader of literature, Dell pocketbook mysteries, "Grimms' Fairy Tales", Canadian animal stories, and comic books. She attended Leaside High School in Leaside, Toronto, and graduated in 1957. Atwood began writing plays and poems at the age of 6.