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Nora S. Unwin
(1907 - 1982)
Nora Spicer Unwin was a children’s illustrator and author. She was born near London, England, in a family famous for several members being engaged in publishing and printing, founding three different firms, most notably Allen & Unwin.
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Bibliography
Amos Fortune, Free Man (1950)
Brought to Massachusetts as a slave, after forty-five years he was able to buy his freedom, moved to New Hampshire and set up as a tanner.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Children’s Hour Volume 1 (1953)
A large collection of classic picture books.
Read online at archive.org.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 3 (1962)
This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.
The Doll Who Came Alive (1942)
Jyd, a young English girl, loves her doll so much that it comes to life and together they go off to the land of the Good People.
Author(s):
Enys Tregarthen
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Five of Us -- and Madeline (1926)
A typical Nesbit family saga plus two fairy tales.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Five of Us – and Madeline (1925)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Mountain Born (1943)
Peter learns to be a shepherd under the tutelage of Old Benj.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Once in the Year: A Christmas Story (1947)
Peter goes out on Christmas Eve to see the flowering of the forest and hear the farm animals talking in the byre.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Peter Pan (1951)
The story of the boy who wouldn’t grow up, his foster mother Wendy, and his great adversary James Hook.
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
A Place for Peter (1952)
Peter’s father trusts him to collect the maple sap and boil it down to maple syrup.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Princess and Curdie (1954)
In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie and his beasts restore Irene’s King-Papa to his throne.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Princess and the Goblin (1951)
The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued by Curdie, a miner’s son.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Reward of Faith and Other Stories (1950)
A collection of stories based on the Bible and lives of the saints. Three were specially written for this anthology.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Secret Garden (1949)
When Mary and Colin stop feeling sorry for themselves, they begin to enjoy life.
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Story Parade Rainbow Book (1942)
A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade magazine.
The White Ring (1949)
Old Uter Penscawen finds a little girl cast up by the sea and takes her into his home. As she grows older, she grows smaller.
Author(s):
Enys Tregarthen
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin