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Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. [ 1 ] Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone .
One room in the house of her childhood was called "the little bookroom", Farjeon explains in the Author's Note. Although there were many books all over the house, this dusty room was like an untended garden, full to the ceiling of stray, left-over books, opening "magic casements" on to other times and places for the young Eleanor, filling her mind with a silver-cobwebby mixture of fact, fancy ...
"Morning Has Broken" is a Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan".
The Eleanor Farjeon Award is made for distinguished service to the world of British children's books and is given to someone whose commitment and contribution is deemed to be outstanding. Founded in 1966, it is presented annually in memory of the celebrated author Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965).
One of his happiest collaborations was that with Eleanor Farjeon, especially on The Little Bookroom (Oxford, 1955 collection). Ardizzone illustrated some novels by the American author Eleanor Estes, including Pinky Pye, The Witch Family, The Alley, Miranda the Great, and The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode (1958 to 1972).
Eleanor Doorly: Robert Gibbings: 1943: A life of Louis Pasteur for children PS 9: The Puffin Puzzle Book: W. E. Gladstone: William Grimmond: 1944: The first Puffin Story Book to have an illustrated cover unique to itself. PS 10: Tents in Mongolia: Henning Haslund-Christensen---1943: Adventures and experiences among the nomads of Central Asia.
Eleanor Farjeon: English: 1937: 5+ Mr. Popper's Penguins: Richard Atwater: Robert Lawson: English: 1938: 5+ The Little Wooden Horse: Ursula Moray Williams: Joyce Lankester Brisley: English: 1938: 5+ Caps for Sale: Esphyr Slobodkina: English: 1938: 5+ Michka: Michka: Marie Colmont: Feodor Rojankovsky: French: 1941: 5+ The Little Red Engine Gets ...
In 2000 she won the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of "her outstanding contribution to children's books". [7] Eccleshare is currently children's books editor for The Guardian newspaper, and also regularly appears on BBC Radio 4's Open Book and Front Row programmes. [8] In 2014 she was appointed Head of Policy and Advocacy for Public ...