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Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Author, Illustrator

(1905 - 1990)

Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE (25 July 1905 – 8 September 1990) was a British naturalist, an illustrator and a children’s author under the pseudonym “BB”. He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children’s books.



Bibliography

Brendon Chase (1945)

Three English boys, tired of ‘petticoat government,’ take to the woods.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Down the Bright Stream (1948)

The last four gnomes in England are driven from their home on the banks of the Folly and must seek a new residence.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

The Forest of Boland Light Railway (1955)

The forest gnomes build a railway to take them from their village to their gold mine.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Granny’s Wonderful Chair (1936)

When Snowflower is seated in her grandmother’s chair, it tells her stories.

Author(s): Frances Browne
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

The Little Grey Men (1942)

The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1942

The Little Grey Men (1949)

The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him.

Read online at archive.org

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1949

The Little Grey Men (1962)

The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him. Edward Ardizzone did the cover for this paperback edition.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone
Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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