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School stories have always been popular with children - especially
girls, and Enid Blyton takes her place among the best in the genre - luminaries
such as Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, Angela Brazil and Dorita Fairlie-Bruce.
The Naughtiest Girl series is centered on Whyteleafe
School, a sort of liberalist co-ed paradise where pupils make their own rules, mete out their own punishments and share all
their cash equally. One peevish little minx, not content with all this, decides to be as undisciplined as she
can. The name of this ungrateful creature is Elizabeth Allen. But you might guess that she comes round in the end. (Now why
didn't my parents send me to a school like that? On second thoughts, I think I know the answer).
St. Clare's
All the books were published by Methuen and illustrated
by W. Lindsay Cable.
The Twins at St. Clare's
1941
The O'Sullivan Twins*
1942
Summer Term at St. Clare's
1943
The Second Form at St. Clare's
1944
Claudine at St. Clare's
1944
Fifth Formers of St. Clare's
1945
* Later editions were entitled The O'Sullivan Twins Again
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| The fifth in the series from 1945 |
W. Lindsay Cable was a very talented artist who worked
for a number of years for Punch magazine. At one time during the 1940s, he was in correspondence with Enid Blyton
concerning a joint venture to produce a Nursery Milestones Calendar, (baby's first tooth, first words, etc. etc.),
but for one reason or another, a publisher could not be found to take on the project. That must have been a rare, if not unique
occasion in Enid's career.
Malory Towers
All the books were published by Methuen and illustrated by Stanley Lloyd.
First Term at Malory Towers
1946
The Second Form at Malory Towers
1947
Third Year at Malory Towers
1948
The Upper Fourth at Malory Towers
1949
In the Fifth at Malory Towers
1950
Last Term at Malory Towers
1951
N.B. There may be some confusion over who illustrated which books,
since some dustwrappers show the illustrators of St. Clare's and Malory Towers the wrong way round. The information above,
however is correct.
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Naughtiest Girl
All the books were published by Newnes. The first two were illustrated
by W. Lindsay Cable, and the last by Kenneth Lovell.
The Naughtiest Girl in the School
1940
The Naughtiest Girl Again 1942
The Naughtiest Girl Is a Monitor 1945
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St. Rollo's
Published by Newnes, illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Mischief at St. Rollo's
1943
This book was originally published under the pseudonym Mary Pollock.
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