Marion St John Webb
Marion St John Webb (1888–1930) was an English writer of novels and poetry for children that presaged A. A. Milne, with her character "The Littlest One".[1]
Life
She was born in Hampstead, the daughter of the poet Arthur St. John Adcock.[2]
Webb wrote poems for a series of fairy books illustrated by Margaret Tarrant,[3] with whom she worked on around 20 books.[4] The treatment of childhood by Tarrant and Webb is now regarded as sentimentalised, typical of its time.[5] She had no children of her own.[6]
A memorial notice was published in The Queenslander on 2 October 1930.[6]
Partial bibliography
- Mr Papingay's Flying Shop
- Mr Papingay's Ship
- Mr Papingay's Caravan
- Mr Papingay and the Little Round House
- The Little Round House
- The Little One In Between
- Eliz'beth, Phil and Me
- The Littlest One
- The Littlest One Again
- The Littlest One: His Book
- The Littlest One: Third Book
- John, Me and the Dickery Dog
- The Magic Lamplighter
- The House with the Twisting Passage
- Knock Three Times! (1917, fantasy novel, illustrated by Tarrant, repub. 1994 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, reprint. 2007)
- A Pocketful of Posies
- The Littlest Fairy
- The Girls of Chequertrees
- Adventures at Chequertrees
- Jonathan Mends the Mats
- The 'Normous Sunday Story Book
Fairies series
- The Pond Fairies
- Heath Fairies
- Seashore Fairies
- Weather Fairies
- Wild Fruit Fairies
- Twilight Fairies
- Orchard Fairies
- Forest Fairies
- Flower Fairies
- Insect Fairies
- Seed Fairies
- House Fairies
- Water Fairies
References
- ↑ Daniel Hahn; Humphrey Carpenter; Mari Prichard (26 March 2015). The Oxford Companion to Childrens Literature. OUP Oxford. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-19-105726-7.
- ↑ Who's who among living authors of older nations. 1932. p. 416.
- ↑ Daniel Hahn; Humphrey Carpenter; Mari Prichard (26 March 2015). The Oxford Companion to Childrens Literature. OUP Oxford. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-19-105726-7.
- ↑ Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Casemate Publishers. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-0-7188-3084-7.
- ↑ Alderson, Brian. "Attwell, Mabel Lucie". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30499. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 Memorial noticeThe Queenslander, Thursday 2 October 1930. p. 56.
External links
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- Works by Marion St John Webb at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Marion St John Webb at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Marion St John Webb at Library of Congress Authorities, with 5 catalogue records
- "March House Books Blog: Marion St. John Webb". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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