Eleanor Farjeon
(1881 - 1965)
Eleanor Farjeon (February 13, 1881 – June 5, 1965) was an English author of children’s stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the Eleanor Farjeon Award for children’s literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children’s Book Circle, a society of publishers. She was the sister of the thriller writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon.
Bibliography
Best in Children’s Books Volume 38 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Margaret Wise Brown
Marguerite de Angeli
Eleanor Farjeon
Joel Chandler Harris
Edward Lear
Et al
Paul Galdone
Feodor Rojankovsky
Peter Spier
Et al
The Children’s Hour Volume 8 (1953)
A collection of myth, legend and folktale.
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Charles Finger
Joel Chandler Harris
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Howard Pyle
Hilda van Stockum
Various
A. B. Frost
Robert McCloskey
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Henry C. Pitz
Et al
Eleanor Farjeon’s Book: Stories, Verses, Plays (1960)
An anthology of works by Eleanor Farjeon.
The Fair of St. James a Fantasia (1932)
While vacationing in France Laura stumbles on the Fair of St. James and meets many unusual personages.
The Glass Slipper (1955)
A play of Cinderella turned into a novel of Cinderella.
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Italian Peepshow (1960)
A collection of fairy tales from the Italian.
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Jim at the Corner (1958)
An old sailor sits at the corner of Derry’s street and tells the children tales.
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Kaleidoscope (1929)
A collection of stories which includes a robinsonnade. Dust jacket is by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Kaleidoscope (1963)
A collection of stories which includes a robinsonnade.
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The Little Bookroom (1955)
A collection of short stories and fairy tales.
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Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1921)
A clever wandering minstrel rescues an imprisoned young lady when she charms the seven man-hating damsels guarding her by telling them stories.
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Mrs. Malone (1962)
In this narrative poem, Mrs. Malone shelters the animals of the forest, and is in turn sheltered by St. Peter.
The Old Nurse’s Stocking Basket (1965)
A collection of new fairy tales for bedtime told by the old nurse as she darns the socks.
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One Foot in Fairyland (1938)
A collection of fairy tales and short stories by the author of Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.
The Silver Curlew (1954)
This old English folk tale about a black imp was originally written as a play.
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Ten Saints (1936)
Brief lives of ten saints, including Francis, Christopher and Patrick.