Marion St John Webb

Marion St John Webb (1888–1930) was an English writer of novels and poetry for children that presaged A. A. Milne, with her character "The Littlest One".[1]

Life

She was born in Hampstead, the daughter of the poet Arthur St. John Adcock.[2]

Webb wrote poems for a series of fairy books illustrated by Margaret Tarrant,[3] with whom she worked on around 20 books.[4] The treatment of childhood by Tarrant and Webb is now regarded as sentimentalised, typical of its time.[5] She had no children of her own.[6]

A memorial notice was published in The Queenslander on 2 October 1930.[6]

Partial bibliography

  • Mr Papingay's Flying Shop
  • Mr Papingay's Ship
  • Mr Papingay's Caravan
  • Mr Papingay and the Little Round House
  • The Little Round House
  • The Little One In Between
  • Eliz'beth, Phil and Me
  • The Littlest One
  • The Littlest One Again
  • The Littlest One: His Book
  • The Littlest One: Third Book
  • John, Me and the Dickery Dog
  • The Magic Lamplighter
  • The House with the Twisting Passage
  • Knock Three Times! (1917, fantasy novel, illustrated by Tarrant, repub. 1994 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, reprint. 2007)
  • A Pocketful of Posies
  • The Littlest Fairy
  • The Girls of Chequertrees
  • Adventures at Chequertrees
  • Jonathan Mends the Mats
  • The 'Normous Sunday Story Book

Fairies series

  • The Pond Fairies
  • Heath Fairies
  • Seashore Fairies
  • Weather Fairies
  • Wild Fruit Fairies
  • Twilight Fairies
  • Orchard Fairies
  • Forest Fairies
  • Flower Fairies
  • Insect Fairies
  • Seed Fairies
  • House Fairies
  • Water Fairies

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Hahn; Humphrey Carpenter; Mari Prichard (26 March 2015). The Oxford Companion to Childrens Literature. OUP Oxford. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-19-105726-7.
  2. ↑ Who's who among living authors of older nations. 1932. p. 416.
  3. ↑ Daniel Hahn; Humphrey Carpenter; Mari Prichard (26 March 2015). The Oxford Companion to Childrens Literature. OUP Oxford. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-19-105726-7.
  4. ↑ Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Casemate Publishers. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-0-7188-3084-7.
  5. ↑ Alderson, Brian. "Attwell, Mabel Lucie". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30499. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. 1 2 Memorial noticeThe Queenslander, Thursday 2 October 1930. p. 56.

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