Dorothy Edwards
(1914 - 1982)Dorothy Edwards was a British children's writer. Born as Dorothy Violet Ellen Brown into a working-class family, her father taught her to read at an early age, enabling her to write her first story at four years of age. Her stories, poems and articles were published throughout her twenties, and at this time she married her husband Frank Edwards and had two children,Jane and Frank.She was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award for children's literature for The Witches and the Grinnygog 1981, a novel for children about the survival of benign pagan witchcraft in modern Britain. This novel was later adapted for television.Edwards was part of the 1950s radio show Listen with Mother, and she also wrote for Playschool and Jackanory.
Genres: Children's Fiction
Series
My Naughty Little Sister
1. My Naughty Little Sister (1952)
2. My Naughty Little Sister's Friends (1962)
3. When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good (1968)
4. All About My Naughty Little Sister (1969)
5. More Naughty Little Sister Stories (1957)
6. My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry (1974)
7. My Naughty Little Sister Goes Fishing (1976)
8. My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry's Rabbit (1977)
9. My Naughty Little Sister At the Fair (1979)
My Naughty Little Sister Birthday Book (1982)
10. My Naughty Little Sister Storybook (1990)
11. My Naughty Little Sister and Father Christmas (1988)
Stories About My Naughty Little Sister (1994)
The Complete My Naughty Little Sister Storybook (1997)
My Naughty Little Sister: A Treasury Collection (2008)
My Naughty Little Sister Collection (2019)
1. My Naughty Little Sister (1952)
2. My Naughty Little Sister's Friends (1962)
3. When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good (1968)
4. All About My Naughty Little Sister (1969)
5. More Naughty Little Sister Stories (1957)
6. My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry (1974)
7. My Naughty Little Sister Goes Fishing (1976)
8. My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry's Rabbit (1977)
9. My Naughty Little Sister At the Fair (1979)
My Naughty Little Sister Birthday Book (1982)
10. My Naughty Little Sister Storybook (1990)
11. My Naughty Little Sister and Father Christmas (1988)
Stories About My Naughty Little Sister (1994)
The Complete My Naughty Little Sister Storybook (1997)
My Naughty Little Sister: A Treasury Collection (2008)
My Naughty Little Sister Collection (2019)
Novels
Collections
The Magician Who Kept a Pub and Other Stories (1975)
A Strong and Willing Girl (1980)
Ghosts and Shadows (1980)
A Strong and Willing Girl (1980)
Ghosts and Shadows (1980)
Anthologies edited
Picture Books show
Chapter Books show
Anthologies containing stories by Dorothy Edwards
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