My Naughty Little Sister (Young Puffin Books) - Softcover

Dorothy, Edwards

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140301232 ISBN 13: 9780140301236

Publisher: Puffin, 1973

Synopsis

The narrator's little sister is the naughtiest girl in the world, causing mischief wherever she goes, whether she is digging up the garden or eating all the trifle, and to make matters worse, she doesn't like Father Christmas.

About this title

About the Author:

Dorothy Edwards dreamt up 'My Naughty Little Sister' whilst on a family holiday in 1950. Dorothy based the character on her younger sister, Phyllis, and went on to write five books about her naughty little sister with wide acclaim. Dorothy became a household name and her stories were read and loved across the globe. She became a fixture of a radio show in the 1950s called Read with Mother and she also wrote for Playschool and Jackanory. Dorothy died in 1982, aged 68.

Shirley Hughes was born in 1927. After a year at Liverpool Art School studying costume design, Shirley moved on to the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford. She has written and illustrated over fifty books and sold more than eleven million copies.

In both 1977 and 2004 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal and in 1984 she won the Eleanor Farjeon Award. In 1999 she was awarded an OBE for services to children's literature and in 2000 was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140301232
• ISBN 13: 9780140301236
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128