Talk:The Witch's Children and the Queen

Latest comment: 9 years ago by P64 in topic Series

Series

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note to self: User:P64/FSF/Children's/Jones/Ursula Jones -P64

According to our illustrator biography and the catalog sources linked below, these three books were written by Ursula Jones, illustrated by Russell Ayto, published by Orchard Books:

  • The Witch's Children (month? 2001) — made the Greenaway Medal longlist shortlist
  • The Witch's Children and the Queen (March 2003) — won the Smarties Prize, ages 0–5 (not recognised for the Greenaway as this article now says)
  • The Witch's Children Go to School (2009November 2008) — won the inaugural, 2008 Roald Dahl Funny Prize, ages 0–6

These are the three works by Ursula Jones most widely held in WorldCat libraries. (Almost certainly, several of the rest were created by other people with the same name. (That is, WorldCat and LC conflate multiple identities.)

http://lccn.loc.gov/n2002056752

See also the Ursula Jones website: "About me". Ursula Jones: children's author & actress (ursulajones.co.uk).
She has written other published books. (not linked to her name by LC or WorldCat)
Sarah Gibb (Sarah Gibb) illustrates her Princess picture books, 2010[2009?] and forthcoming 2014.[1]
and her Beauty and the Beast (2011)[2], and Gibb's own retelling of Rapunzel (2010)[3], and the scads of Princess books by Vivian French, namely The Tiara Club series from 2005 or so.
Works by or about Sarah Gibb in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
--P64 (talk) 18:57, 22 April 2015 (UTC)Reply
--P64 (talk) 18:17, 25 April 2014 (UTC)Reply
Russell Ayto

For Russell Ayto these three books rank #6, #19, and outside the top 20 (distinct works, if i skim correctly; no second editions or translations rank so high)

http://lccn.loc.gov/n91012496

--P64 (talk) 16:50, 3 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

This stub now covers the Series using some of these data. Momentarily I will use some at Russell Ayto. [done 20:04]
Above, I have updated using strikeout. --P64 (talk) 17:39, 3 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
Revised for clarity. --P64 (talk) 22:50, 20 December 2013 (UTC)Reply