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Christine Price

Author, Illustrator, Editor, Compiler

(1928 - 1980)

Born in England, Christine Hilda Price was an author and illustrator of children’s books. She wrote and illustrated a series of books on art.



Bibliography

The Molliwumps (1966)

Two Victorian fairies come out of banishment to reunite two friends separated by the Atlantic Ocean.

Author(s): Cecil Maiden
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Mystery of Masks (1978)

A look at masks and their meaning in the cultures that produce them.

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

One Is God: Two Old Counting Songs (1970)

This song book includes Green Grow the Rushes,Oh! and Who Knows One?

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Orange Fairy Book (1950)

A new set of illustrations for an old friend.

Pawpaw's Run (1968)

When Pawpaw returns from hunting he discovers his family's wagon has gone on without him, and he has to hurry to catch them up.

Author(s): Betty D. Boegehold
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Perilous Pilgrimage (1959)

Like most of their companions who survived the journey, Geoffrey de Villacours and his sister Alys are sold into slavery in Egypt.

Author(s): Henry Treece
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Peter Tschaikowsky and the Nutcracker Ballet (1959)

This story book of the ballet includes music for piano.

Author(s): Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

A Piece of the World (1972)

Summering in Maine, twelve year old Calder discovers an awesome boulder, and a few new friends.

Author(s): Mildred Walker
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Purple Hills (1961)

A family of migrant farm workers takes up a homestead in New Mexico, shortly after it achieves statehood, and discovers why the previous owners left.

Author(s): Lela Waltrip
Rufus Waltrip
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Rich Man and the Singer: Folk tales from Ethiopia (1971)

Thirty-two folk tales from Ethiopia.

Author(s): Mesfin Habte-Mariam
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Ride Into Danger (1959)

A tale of knights and squires during the reign of Edward III of England.

Author(s): Henry Treece
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Road to Miklagard (1957)

Harald Sigurdson joins Prince Arkil of Denmark and journeys to Ireland, Spain, and Constantinople, and then across Europe back home again.

Author(s): Henry Treece
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff (1947)

A biography of the composer written for young people.

Author(s): Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Robinson Carew - Castaway (1949)

A son of wealthy parents finds himself a castaway on a desert island in Australia.

Author(s): Dale Collins
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Run Away Home (1953)

Cathie runs away from the orphanage to the west coast of Scotland to seek her real home.

Author(s): Elinor Lyon
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Santa's Footprints and Other Christmas Stories (1948)

An anthology of Christmas short stories for younger readers.

Señor Castillo: Cock of the Island (1948)

Señor Castillo is the head rooster of Santa Cruz Island.

Author(s): Helen Claire
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Singing Tales of Africa (1974)

A collection of seven traditional African folk tales.

Author(s): Adjai Robinson
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Sixty at a Blow (1968)

In this variant of the tale of the valiant tailor, the hero kills sixty flies at the first blow and seventy at the second.

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Song of Roland (1961)

The great French romance, here in a verse translation.

Author(s): Hilda Cummings Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

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