Dimsie Moves Up is the second of the Dimsie books by author Dorita Fairlie Bruce. First published in 1921, the book was illustrated by Wal Paget. The protagonist Dimsie is now a year older and had moved up one grade at the Jane Willard Foundation. The Western Morning News's review described it as "a book that should prove a delight to all school girls" and noted that school sports were featured and that "the rivalry between forms makes thrilling reading."[1]

Dimsie Moves Up
1924 Oxford University Press Hardcover Edition
AuthorDorita Fairlie Bruce
IllustratorWal Paget
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDimsie
GenreChildren's novel
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
1921
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages254 pp
Preceded byThe Senior Prefect/Dimsie Goes To School 
Followed byDimsie Moves Up Again 

The book illustrates the strong Christian element in Bruce's work when a girl reveals that she has prayed every night for the recovery of an important lost book.[2]

Frontispiece by Wal Paget from the 1924 Oxford University Press edition of Dimsie Moves Up. Click on image to enlarge.
Title page from the 1924 Oxford University Press edition of Dimsie Moves Up. Click on image to enlarge.

References edit

  1. ^ "Christmas Books". Western Morning News (Monday 12 December 1921): 7. 12 December 1921. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Sneddon, Sarah J. (1 July 1998). The girls' school story: a re-reading (PhD Thesis) (PDF). Ast. Andrews: University of St. Andrews. p. 170. Retrieved 3 September 2020.