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Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Author,Illustrator

(1905 - 1990)

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Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE (25 July 1905 – 8 September 1990) was a British naturalist, an illustrator and a children’s author under the pseudonym “BB”. He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children’s books.



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Brendon Chase (1945)

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Three English boys, tired of ‘petticoat government,’ take to the woods.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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Down the Bright Stream (1948)

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The last four gnomes in England are driven from their home on the banks of the Folly and must seek a new residence.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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The Forest of Boland Light Railway (1955)

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The forest gnomes build a railway to take them from their village to their gold mine.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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Granny’s Wonderful Chair (1936)

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When Snowflower is seated in her grandmother’s chair, it tells her stories.

Author(s): Frances Browne
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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The Little Grey Men (1942)

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The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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The Little Grey Men (1949)

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The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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The Little Grey Men (1962)

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The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him. Edward Ardizzone did the cover for this paperback edition.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone
Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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