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Pauline Baynes

Author, Illustrator, Editor, Compiler

(1922 - 2008)

Pauline Diana Baynes was an English book illustrator, whose work encompassed more than 100 books, notably those by C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. She was born in Hove, Sussex.

A website devoted to her art is at: http://paulinebaynes.com/?



Bibliography

Adventure Begins at Home (1961)

A reading and doing book for the primary grades about the world around us.

The Adventures of Hatim Tai (1962)

Traditional Persian tales.

Author(s): Dorothy Ensor
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962)

Poems that shed further light on middle-earth.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Adventuring Abroad (1961)

A rather unusual geography book for elementary schools.

Ali Baba and Aladdin (1960)

Two of the most famous stories from Antoine Galland's One Thousand and One Nights - the 'open sesame' and 'magic lamp' feature in this beautifully illustrated edition.

Author(s): George Hughes
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (1950)

In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by strange creatures. And in the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, she climbs through a mirror into a fantastical world.

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

All Along Down Along: A Book of Stories in Verse (1971)

A collection of story poems for young people.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

All Things Bright and Beautiful (1986)

Pauline Baynes brings to life the words of this world-famous hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander.

Author(s): Cecil Frances Alexander
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

And it Came to Pass: Stories from the Bible (1951)

These stories from the Bible have been arranged to be read as literature.

Author(s): W. G. Bebbington
The Bible
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1949)

A collection of bold and original Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

Author(s): Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Annabel and Bryony (1953)

Annabel and her friends go to the land of the flower fairies and are captured by the frost fairies. Bryony helps them escape from captivity.

Author(s): Marjorie Phillips
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Arabian Nights (1957)

Timeless folk tales - Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves and others - retold and illustrated for a contemporary young readers.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Amabel Williams-Ellis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Are All the Giants Dead? (1987)

James finds himself in fairy-tale-land with his friend Mildred and takes on a quest to save the Princess Dulcibel from marriage to a toad.

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
Brian Froud

Avignon in Flower: 1309-1403 (1965)

A history of a golden age.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Marzieh Gail
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
Ellen Raskin

Beauty and the Beast (1942)

This version of the famous story of Beauty and the Beast appeared in the Perry Pie Gift Book #1.

The Bee and the Cherry Tree (1976)

An illustrated look at the life cycle of the bee and its partnership with the cherry tree.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Bilbo’s Last Song (1990)

Bilbo Baggins bids good-bye to Middle Earth.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Bilbo’s Last Song Poster (1974)

Bilbo Baggins’ farewell to Middle Earth.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Black Beauty (1984)

A story told from the perspective of a horse, highlighting the mistreatment of animals and advocating for kindness and compassion towards them.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Anna Sewell
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

A Book of Narnians: The Lion, the Witch and the Others (1993)

Brief biographies of the major characters and a timeline of Narnian history. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): James Riordan
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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