Tag: The Country Child

• The Country Child’s Christmas

  I’m celebrating Day 11 of the Advent Bookfest with a 1952 Faber and Faber edition of Alison Uttley’s The Country Child, illustrated with woodblock engravings by CF Tunnicliffe. Uttley is probably best known for her children’s books, especially the Little Grey Rabbit stories with their beautiful pictures painted by Margaret Tempest, so I’ve included one,…

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  December 11, 2011

  19th century, Alison Uttley, Christmas, The Country Child