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Geoffrey willans s molesworth series, jill murphys the worst witch, the jennings series by anthony buckeridge 1. Molesworth geoffrey willansronald searlephilip hensher. Comic observations on 1950s british school life complemented by illustra. The books were written by geoffrey willans, with cartoon illustrations by ronald searle. He started drawing at the age of five and left school at the age of 15. Enter the baldwin library of historical childrens literature here, where you can browse several categories, search for subjects, authors, titles, etc, see full screen, zoomable images of book covers, download xml versions, and read all of the over 6, books. Molesworth is a pupil and curse of st custards preparatory school, whose antics are endearingly illustrated by the great ronald searle who had previously collaborated with gillans on the st trinians books. Ronald william fordham searle, cbe, rdi, is an influential english artist and cartoonist.
Custards, as in the four books with illustrations by ronald searle willans was born in smyrna now izmir in turkey, where his father was a superintendent of the ottoman aidan railway. Download and read free online the compleet molesworth geoffrey willans, ronald searle. Ronald searle was born in 1920 and educated at the cambridge school of art. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Molesworth, cambridgeshire, a village in huntingdonshire, cambridgeshire, england. The molesworth books purport to be instructional manuals by an english public schoolboy named nigel molesworth, about how to survive the school experience.
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