Chapter - 1: Milly-Molly-Mandy Dresses Up Chapter - 2: Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes for a Picnic Chapter - 3: Milly-Molly-Mandy has a Clean Frock Chapter - 4: Milly-Molly-Mandy and the Golden Wedding Chapter - 5: Milly-Molly-Mandy Cooks a Dinner Chapter - 6: Milly-Molly-Mandy Acts for the Pictures Chapter - 7: Milly-Molly-Mandy and Guy Fawkes Day Section - i: About the Author
Delve back itn o the world of Milly-Molly-Mandy! Read about her adventures in this collection of seven charming stories.
Joyce Lankester Brisley was born in 1896 and studied art at Lambeth Art School. The first Milly-Molly-Mandy stories were published in 1925 in the Christian Science Monitor, and a first collection of these stories was published in book form in 1928. Milly-Molly-Mandy & Co is the fifth book in the series. An accomplished artist as well as a writer, Joyce Lankester Brisley designed posters and book jackets and also illustrated the work of other authors. She died in 1978, but Milly-Molly-Mandy's popularity lives on.
each story is a miniature masterpiece, as clear, warm and precise
as the illustrations by the author that accompanied them, crafted
by a mind that understood the importance of comfort reading
*Guardian*
The nostalgic charm, gentleness and simplicity of the
Milly-Molly-Mandy stories have stood the test of time and a new
generation cannot help but fall in love with the spirit of
adventure and the warm evocation of family life that are so central
to this ordinary little girl’s life. Perfect for reading aloud,
these thirteen stories will bring back happy memories for parents
and grandparents, and introduce younger readers to a very ordinary
but very special little girl!
*The Lancashire Post*
The Milly-Molly-Mandy books are gorgeous, gentle things, and in a
world where that sort of thing seems somewhat hard to find, they
shine. They really, really do.
*didyoueverstoptothink.com*
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