Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories by Joyce Lankester Brisley

Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories by Joyce Lankester Brisley

A beautiful 90th anniversary gift edition of this much-loved classic first published in 1928. Read about Milly-Molly-Mandy's adventures in this collection of thirteen charming stories.

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 lifePerfect 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! -- Pam Norfolk * The Lancashire Post *
Frequently charming and really rather beautifully done, this 90th anniversary edition of the Milly-Molly-Mandy stories is a lovely thing . . . includes several of the short stories collected together and has a lovely afterword that does something quite remarkable – it speaks to the child . . . this book also includes a lot of full colour illustrations [which] are richly rendered things, full of lush and gentle detail and rather intensely evocatively. -- Daisy Johnson * didyoueverstoptothink.com *
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 -- Lucy Mangan * Guardian *

Joyce Lankester Brisley was born in 1896 and studied at the Lambeth School of Art. 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. 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.

The Milly Molly Mandy series includes Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories, More of Milly-Molly-Mandy, Milly-Molly-Mandy Again and Further Doings of Milly-Molly-Mandy.

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ISBN 13	9781509897438
ISBN 10	1509897437
Title	Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories
Author	Joyce Lankester Brisley
Series	Milly-Molly-Mandy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2008-10-04
Number of pages	112
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.