Happy 90th, Pauline Clarke! (1962 Carnegie Medalist: "The Twelve and the Genii")
Lenona
Aka Helen Clare and Pauline Hunter Blair, she lives in Bottisham,
Cambridgeshire, England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Clarke
http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/pauline-clarke/
(portrait - in pencil?)
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=%22return+of+the+twelves%22&biw=1440&bih=710
("Return of the Twelves" covers)
From Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults:
"("The Twelve and the Genii") is based on the adventures of twelve toy
soldiers that were given to Branwell Brontë, younger brother of
Charlotte, Emily, and Ann, in 1826....
.....As Clarke explained to MA/CYA, both of her parents 'in different
ways encouraged a love of the English language and a delight in using
it. My mother's ardent love of poetry, and a true gift for
storytelling, led to hundreds of short stories for magazines which
paid her three daughter's school fees; while my father's biting
command of English in sermons, arguments, everyday polemics and books
on theology, was (though often very scary) notable.' "
FICTION FOR CHILDREN
The Pekinese Princess, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, J. Cape (London,
England), 1948.
The Great Can, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Faber (London, England),
1952.
The White Elephant, illustrated by Richard Kennedy, Faber (London,
England), 1952, Abelard-Schuman (New York, NY), 1957.
Smith's Hoard, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Faber (London, England),
1955, published as Hidden Gold, Abelard-Schuman (New York, NY), 1957,
published as The Golden Collar, Faber (London, England), 1967.
Sandy the Sailor, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Hamish Hamilton
(London, England), 1956.
The Boy with the Erpingham Hood, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Faber
(London, England), 1956.
James the Policeman, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Hamish Hamilton
(London, England), 1957.
James and the Robbers, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Hamish Hamilton
(London, England), 1959.
Torolv the Fatherless, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Faber (London,
England), 1959.
The Lord of the Castle, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Hamish Hamilton
(London, England), 1960.
The Robin Hooders, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Faber (London,
England), 1960.
Keep the Pot Boiling, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Faber (London,
England), 1961.
James and the Smugglers, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Hamish Hamilton
(London, England), 1961.
The Twelve and the Genii, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Faber (London,
England), 1962, published as The Return of the Twelves, illustrated by
Bernarda Bryson, Coward, McCann (New York, NY), 1964, reprinted, Gregg
Press (Boston, MA), 1981.
James and the Black Van, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Hamish Hamilton
(London, England), 1963.
The Bonfire Party, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Hamish Hamilton
(London, England), 1966.
The Two Faces of Silenus, Coward, McCann (New York, NY), 1972.
UNDER PSEUDONYM HELEN CLARE
Five Dolls in a House, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Lane (London,
England), 1953, illustrated by Aliki, Prentice Hall (Englewood Cliffs,
NJ), 1965.
Merlin's Magic, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Lane (London, England),
1953.
Bel the Giant and Other Stories, illustrated by Peggy Fortnum, Bodley
Head (London, England), 1956, published as The Cat and the Fiddle and
Other Stories, illustrated by Ida Pellei, Prentice Hall (Englewood
Cliffs, NJ), 1968.
Five Dolls and the Monkey, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Bodley Head
(London, England), 1956, illustrated by Aliki, Prentice Hall
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1967.
Five Dolls in the Snow, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Bodley Head
(London, England), 1957, illustrated by Aliki, Prentice Hall
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1967.
Five Dolls and Their Friends, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Bodley Head
(London, England), 1959, illustrated by Aliki, Prentice Hall
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1968.
Seven White Pebbles, illustrated by Cynthia Abbott, Bodley Head
(London, England), 1960.
Five Dolls and the Duke, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Bodley Head
(London, England), 1963, illustrated by Aliki, Prentice Hall
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1968.
OTHER
Silver Bells and Cockle Shells (verse), illustrated by Sally
Ducksbury, Abelard-Schuman (New York, NY), 1962.
Crowds of Creatures, illustrated by Cecil Leslie, Faber (London,
England), 1964.
(Editor under name Pauline Hunter Blair, with Michael Lapidge) Peter
Hunter Blair, Anglo-Saxon Northumbria, Variorum (London, England),
1984.
Lenona.
More in a bit.....
Lenona
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=pauline+clarke&pics=on&sortby=7&x=0&y=0
(some covers in alphabetical order - not all are relevant)
More from Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young
Adults:
In 1953 Five Dolls in a House appeared; it was the first of Clarke's
books under the pseudonym Helen Clare. The ensuing "Five Dolls" series
for younger readers was also illustrated by Cecil Leslie and had five
dolls as main characters. Clarke told MAICYA how this book came to be
written: "An imposing Georgian-looking dolls' house had been enlarged
and beautified for a little girl, Christina, whom the illustrator (of
Five Dolls in a House adopted following World War II. In it lived
various small dolls, old-fashioned and Edwardian. When Christina
invited the doctor's daughter over to play, I would overhear their
talk, as they took on the roles of mother, father, or one of the
dolls: a mixture of grown-up assertions, childish comment, wrong-
meanings and pronunciations (reflected in the speech of Vanessa, the
boss doll) and inconsequential sentences (which it would be hard for
an adult to invent). From this arose the Five Dolls books, in which a
small girl enters her own dolls' house."
http://www.ovguide.com/pauline-clarke-9202a8c04000641f8000000008bce9ca
(a song by Clarke, almost 3 minutes long, sung by her nephew)
Lenona.