Hi Jim I saw a copy of The Sailor's Knot in the front window of an Oxfam book shop recently. The name Sutherland Ross rang a bell and looking him up I think it...
Hi Chris, Thanks for this information. I must keep on the lookour for more copies of this author. I have just discovered another series purely by accident....
Hi, Quite recently I came across a book by Maud D.Reed. It is called "It was Candy's idea." I realise now that I bought it because I had spotted the word...
I had never realised that a whole group of books by Eric Leyland were in fact a series about the characters Max and Scrap. They were all published by...
My greetings to all members of this group. There has been a long lull in proceedings because of various book-related activities. I have been busy preparing and...
Luck of the Melicotts - by Monica Marsden is a title in the Amps and Jacks series which was published in 1951. The three AMPS are so named because of their...
... There appear to be just four books which are all illustrated by Greta Jones. Bronze Bell Mystery 1948 Mystery of the Clocks 1949 Manor House Mystery 1950 ...
Here is one of those situations where there is abook an its sequel. Leave it to Madge – Marjorie Saunders 1953 Sequel to 'Madge's Sister' finds an older...
Two books which go together are by Harold John Goodyer They are Perilous Dawn 1962 and The Secret of the Forest 1965. Perilous Dawn begins on the Isle of Man...
Hi Pippa, Thanks for this information. A Goodyer file has just been created. Regards, Jim. ... the ... in ... a ... in ... blue ... an ... the ... fact ... lot...
The Girl Without a Name – Agnes.M.Miall This is the second in the Youth Club series which involves a quartet of teenagers called Cherry, Blanche, Ginger and...
This one has been collected from Ebay MR SIMISTER IS UNLUCKY Kathleen Fidler First edition published by Lutterworth Press in 1949. illustrated by Margaret...
Hi Jim I've got quite a few Kathleen Fidlers, mostly the Brydons, but some Mr Simister. Would some synopses be useful? Margaret ... [Non-text portions of this...
Dear Margaret, Yes - I would love to see some synopses of the series books by Kathleen Fidler. I have never read any of the Mr. Simister stories. I have only ...
Rosamund Garth finds herself in the strange position of having to share her school with her wildcat niece Hilary. In disgrace at home Hilary has been sent to...
Hi Members, I have been diverted into actitity surrounding my book on the Lake District Children's books. That's why it has been so quiet on this site. More...
Dauntless Sails Again The Dauntless and her crew were sailing up the west coast of Scotland towards the Isle of Skye when their holiday plans were interrupted....
Alison's Christmas Adventure by Sheila Stuart Alison, Niall and their friends are once again spending a holiday at Clarig in Sutherland. Who is the mysterious...
Just stumbled across this Goodchild site which records summaries of four of the books. I have decided to copy them because theis sire disappeared a short while...
A brief review of 'Susan, Bill and the Vanishing Boy' The most refreshing thing about Malcolm Saville's work for younger readers is that even his series books...
Dauntless Takes Recruits This is the fourth book in a series of seven adventures. It was first published in 1950. ACCOUNT CONSTRUCTED FROM THE DUSTWRAPPER...
Hi Everyone, An old friend is sorting out and getting rid of the books bought for her by her father in the early 1950s. So far she has unearthed a huge pile...
Hello Jim, as you probably know, the "dealers" in both Billy Bunter, and Biggles tend to ask ridiculous, hopeful and inflated prices on Abe and Amazon. With...
Many thanks for this information,Brian. I haven't had a chance to see my friend or her books yet. I have told her to take her time and consider the options on...
Jim, perhaps I ought to add, I was referring to the original Cassell version of Bessie Bunter. Amazon has several Hawk reprints for as low as £1.56p. Kindest...
I joined an online auction site last week, and was delighted to find A Job for Susan. Here in SA picking can be rich still, esp in my part of the world, which...
FLIGHT OF THE GREY GOOSE follows the enormous success of The Runaways, the first of Victor Canning's adventure stories about Smiler, now almost sixteen. After...
This appears to be the last of the Smiler trilogy. A story for older children aged 10+ . Can the peregrine falcon Fria, who has escaped from captivity, learn...
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