The Big Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook

joyce lankester brisley

In celebration of Milly-Molly-Mandy's first seventy-five years in print comes this special anniversary gift edition of some of the best stories. Exquisite illustrations reflect all the charm and spirit of the original drawings and bring you Milly-Molly-Mandy as you've never seen her before -- in glorious color! Beloved by generations, these warm, timeless stories are as fresh and appealing as when they were first written, making this beautiful book a joy to share.

Genres childrensfictionclassicschapter booksshort storiesfamilypicture booksschoolhistorical fictionfriendship

73 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1928

Series

Milly-Molly-Mandy

This edition

Format: 73 pages, Hardcover
Published: September 15, 2000 by Kingfisher
ISBN: 9780753453315
ASIN: 0753453312
Language: English

About the author

joyce lankester brisley

Joyce Lankester Brisley (6 February 1896 – 1978) was an English writer. She is most noted for writing and illustrating the Milly-Molly-Mandy series, which were first printed in 1925 by the Christian Science Monitor.

The second of three daughters of George Brisley, a pharmacist, of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, Brisley's sisters - Ethel Constance, the eldest, and Nina Kennard, the youngest - were also illustrators. They studied art firstly at Hastings School of Art, then, following their parents' divorce in 1912 and the subsequent relocation of the girls and their father to Brixton, at Lambeth School of Art.

All three sisters illustrated postcards for the publisher Alfred Vivian Mansell & Co., with Nina (who also illustrated Elinor Brent-Dyer's Chalet School series) and Ethel becoming quite prolific. Brisley died in September 1978 at the age of 82.