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Pauline Baynes

Author, Illustrator, Editor, Compiler

(1922 - 2008)

Pauline Diana Baynes was an English book illustrator, whose work encompassed more than 100 books, notably those by C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. She was born in Hove, Sussex.

A website devoted to her art is at: http://paulinebaynes.com/?



Bibliography

Country Tales (1987)

This is an extract from “The Fairy Caravan” which has been newly illustrated by Pauline Baynes. It contains three stories.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Curious Tale of Cloud City (1958)

Colin and Pam are snatched away to Cloud City, after eating an enchanted sweet, where they help free the people from enslavement to the animals.

Author(s): Joan Mary Bate
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Days Before History (1952)

A brief account of prehistoric peoples for young children.

Author(s): Emily Gertrude Hume
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

A Dictionary of Chivalry (1968)

A remarkable compendium of information on chivalry, this is Pauline Baynes’ magnum opus.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Grant Uden
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Greenaway Medal
Greenaway Medal - 1968

The Dolphin (1977)

An illustrated account of the life cycle of the dolphin.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Don Quixote: Some of His Adventures (1960)

Here are presented some of the most famous adventures of that ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha.

Author(s): Mary Irene Cathcart Borer
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Dragon of Og (1981)

When Angus of Og discovers a dragon in the pond he determines to exterminate it, but Matilda of Og has a different idea.

Author(s): Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Dragon Smoke and Magic Song (1984)

Three tales of Mimus the dragon who leaves his home and finds himself in the real world. There, he discovers Santa Claus, swimming and friendship; a tale of a unicorn, and a tale of a wise and very old monster living in New Zealand.

Author(s): David Harvey
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Duck (1975)

An illustrated look at the life cycle of the duck.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Education by Uncles (1966)

A descendant of John Adams, Abigail Adams Homans gives her reminiscences of her Adams uncles, Henry, Brooks and CF.

Read online at archive.org

The Elephant’s Ball (2007)

The elephant invites the animals to a ball.

Author(s): Pauline Baynes
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Enchanted Horse (1981)

An Indian tale of twin princes and a magic horse.

Author(s): Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Fairy Tales from the British Isles (1960)

A collection of classic fairy tales.

Author(s): Amabel Williams-Ellis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Fairy Tales from the British Isles (1963)

A selection from the larger collection of classic British fairy tales for German students of English.

Author(s): Amabel Williams-Ellis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Fairy Tales from the British Isles (1976)

A collection of British fairy tales.

Author(s): Amabel Williams-Ellis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

A Family Book of Nursery Rhymes (1964)

An extensive collection of nursery rhymes from those indefatigable collectors, the Opies.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Iona Opie
Peter Opie
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Farmer Giles of Ham (1949)

The story of a brave farmer and an evil dragon by the author of The Hobbit.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

A Favourite Treasury of Children’s Stories (1998)

An anthology of stories by different authors and illustrators. This is an abridged version of the Puffin edition. Contains new Pauline Baynes illustrations for an excerpt from The Sword in the Stone.

Read online at archive.org.

Four Dolls (1983)

This omnibus edition contains four of Rumer Goddens popular doll stories: Candy Floss, Impunity Jane, The Fairy Doll and The Story of Holly and Ivy.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Frog (1974)

An illustrated look at the always fascinating life cycle of the frog.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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