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Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979)

Author of Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain

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Works by Edward Ardizzone

Tim to the Rescue (1949) 141 copies
Tim in Danger (1979) 123 copies
Tim and Charlotte (1963) 122 copies
Tim's Friend Towser (1962) 112 copies
Tim All Alone (1956) 110 copies
Tim and Ginger (1686) 102 copies
Tim to the Lighthouse (1968) 93 copies
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1938) 69 copies
Ship's Cook Ginger (1977) 68 copies
Johnny the Clockmaker (1960) 46 copies
Sketches for Friends (1970) 44 copies
Tim's Last Voyage (1972) 40 copies
Diana and Her Rhinoceros (1964) 35 copies
Paul: The Hero of the Fire (1948) 33 copies
Peter the Wanderer (1963) 31 copies
Lucy Brown and Mr. Grimes (1937) 20 copies
The Wrong Side of the Bed (1970) 20 copies
Diary of a War Artist (1974) 17 copies
Prefabulous Animiles (1957) — Illustrator — 14 copies
Adventures of Tim (1985) 14 copies
Indian Diary 1952-53 (1984) 12 copies
Baggage to the Enemy (1942) 6 copies
Johnny's Bad Day (1970) 5 copies
Wine List Decorations, 1961-1963 (1963) — Illustrator — 4 copies
Tom, Dick and Harriet [Novel] — Illustrator — 3 copies
Visiting Dieppe (1981) 1 copy

Associated Works

Great Expectations (1861) — Illustrator, some editions — 38,215 copies
Don Quixote (1605) — Illustrator, some editions — 30,338 copies
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) — Illustrator, some editions — 5,377 copies
Barchester Towers (1857) — Illustrator, some editions — 4,895 copies
Ginger Pye (1951) — Illustrator, some editions — 4,389 copies
The Warden (1855) — Illustrator, some editions — 4,333 copies
The Complete Father Brown Stories (1981) — Illustrator, some editions — 3,556 copies
Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) — Illustrator, some editions — 3,301 copies
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) — Cover designer, some editions — 2,805 copies
A Child's Christmas in Wales (1954) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,870 copies
In a Glass Darkly (1872) 1,414 copies
Pinky Pye (1958) — Illustrator — 1,266 copies
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,099 copies
English Fairy Tales (1890) — Illustrator, some editions — 952 copies
Stig of the Dump (1963) — Illustrator, some editions — 924 copies
Nanny McPhee: The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda (2005) — Illustrator — 592 copies
The Little Bookroom (1955) — Illustrator — 578 copies
The Witch Family (1960) — Illustrator — 499 copies
The Newcomes (1855) — Illustrator, some editions — 399 copies
The Growing Summer (1966) — Illustrator, some editions — 328 copies
Peacock Pie (1913) — Illustrator, some editions — 314 copies
The Land of Green Ginger (1937) — Illustrator, some editions — 297 copies
The Alley (1964) — Illustrator — 246 copies
Minnow on the Say (1955) — Illustrator, some editions — 242 copies
The Short Stories of Charles Dickens (1971) — Illustrator, some editions — 226 copies
The Innocence of Father Brown / The Wisdom of Father Brown (1990) — Illustrator, some editions — 223 copies
The Otterbury Incident (1948) — Illustrator, some editions — 214 copies
Nurse Matilda (1964) — Illustrator — 123 copies
Long Ago When I Was Young (1966) — Illustrator — 76 copies
Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales (1961) — Illustrator, some editions — 63 copies
Stories from the Bible (1929) — Illustrator, some editions — 60 copies
The Godstone and the Blackymor (1959) — Illustrator, some editions — 54 copies
Nurse Matilda Goes to Town (1833) — Illustrator — 51 copies
The Little Horse Bus (1952) — Illustrator — 50 copies
Exploits of Don Quixote (1959) 46 copies
Eleanor Farjeon's Book: Stories, Verses, Plays (1600) — Illustrator — 45 copies
The Little Steamroller (1802) — Illustrator, some editions — 44 copies
A Golden Land (1958) — Contributor; Illustrator — 42 copies
Ardizzone's Hans Andersen: Fourteen Classic Tales (1978) — Illustrator — 39 copies
The Complete Father Brown volume 2 (1992) — some editions — 36 copies
Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital (1985) — Illustrator — 34 copies
The Nine Lives of Island Mackenzie (1959) — Illustrator — 23 copies
Edward Ardizzone, artist and illustrator (1979) — Illustrator — 23 copies
Open the Door (1965) — Illustrator — 22 copies
Titus in Trouble (1960) — Illustrator — 21 copies
Italian Peepshow (1960) — Illustrator — 19 copies
The Penny Fiddle: Poems for Children (1960) — Illustrator, some editions — 17 copies
The Angel and the Donkey (1969) — Illustrator — 17 copies
Mrs Malone (1950) — Illustrator — 14 copies
Ann at Highwood Hall: Poems for Children (1964) — Illustrator — 13 copies
Sugar for the Horse (1957) — Illustrator — 13 copies
Naughty Children (1962) — Illustrator — 13 copies
The Muffletumps: The Story of Four Dolls (1966) — Illustrator — 11 copies
The Singing Cupboard (1962) — Illustrator — 11 copies
ST. LUKE'S LIFE OF CHRIST (2012) — Illustrator, some editions — 10 copies
The Wandering Moon (1950) — Illustrator — 10 copies
Pigeons and Princesses (Beaver Books) (1976) — Illustrator, some editions — 10 copies
Merry England (1960) — Illustrator — 9 copies
A stickful of nonpareil — Illustrator — 7 copies
The Island of Fish in the Trees (1962) — Illustrator — 7 copies
Pictures on the Pavement (1955) — Illustrator — 6 copies
The Rib of the Green Umbrella (1960) — Illustrator, some editions — 6 copies
The Eleanor Farjeon Book: a tribute..(by many auths) (1966) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Nicholas Nickleby [1947 film] (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 6 copies
Swanhilda-of-the-Swans (1964) — Illustrator — 6 copies
The Story of Joseph (1958) — Illustrator, some editions — 5 copies
Rhyming Will (1968) — Illustrator, some editions — 5 copies
The Battle of France (1940) — Illustrator — 5 copies
The Road to Bordeaux (1942) — Illustrator, some editions — 3 copies
Elfrida and the Pig (1959) — Illustrator, some editions — 3 copies
Sailor Rumbelow and Britannia (1962) — Illustrator, some editions — 3 copies
Sailor Rumbelow and Other Stories (1962) — Illustrator, some editions — 3 copies
The Charles Dickens Birthday Book (1948) — Illustrator — 2 copies
Lottie (1957) — Illustrator — 2 copies
Studies in Illustration, No. 61, Winter 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 2 copies
Three brothers and a lady — Illustrator, some editions — 1 copy

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Disappointing. I love Ardizzone illustrations (in books by other authors), but this book seemed written in order to shove in as many illustrations as possible, and quantity does not beat quality. The story has no whimsy, wit, or magic—and it seems awfully unlikely, but without a nod and a wink that makes unlikely behaviour acceptable in fiction. I'd be surprised that it spawned a popular series, except apparently Thomas the Tank Engine is a runway hit, and I think those are essentially unreadable, so there's no accounting for taste.

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
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Works
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Members
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Popularity
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Rating
3.9
Reviews
38
ISBNs
152
Languages
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Favorited
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