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Philippa Pearce
(1920 - 2006)
Ann Philippa Pearce OBE was an English author of children’s books. Her most famous work is the time slip fantasy novel Tom’s Midnight Garden, which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year’s outstanding children’s book by a British subject. Pearce was four times a commended runner up for the Medal.
Bibliography
The Minnow Leads to Treasure (1958)
David and Adam spend the summer in a canoe, the Minnow, on the River Say in search of treasure.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Minnow on the Say (1955)
David and Adam spend the summer in a canoe, The Minnow, on the River Say searching for a lost treasure.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mrs. Cockle’s Cat (1961)
A London balloon seller is taken on an amazing adventure when she goes to find her cat who has gone in search of fish.
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Antony Maitland
Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (1972)
A selection of Hans Christian Andersen’s greatest tales.
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Tom’s Midnight Garden (1958)
While waiting out quarantine for measles, Tom stays with his aunt and uncle in an old house and discovers he can enter the past through the garden at night.
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Susan Einzig