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Available
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Publication
Kingfisher (2001), Edition: 3/16/01, 224 pages
Description
"Milly-Molly-Mandy (who always wears a pink-and-white striped dress) has charmed generations of children. In these twenty-one stories she has all kinds of adventures both on her own and with her favorite friends Billy Blunt and little-friend-Susan. See if you can spot Mill-Molly-Mandy's pink-and-white striped dress throughout this newly colored edition."--Page [4] of cover.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Miranda_Paige
I loved this book when I was a child, mostly because I shared a name in common with Milly-Molly-Mandy. I remember sitting on m bed with the book and vowing to read every single story between it's covers, a task that seemed nearly impossible to my 5 year old mind. I stilll remember the stories in
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the book. I think that all children should have the pleasure of enjoying the lively, love-able Milly-Molly-Mandy. Show Less
LibraryThing member katieloucks
I remember my mom reading this to me and my sister when we were little, and I still have good memories of it!
LibraryThing member LaviniaRossetti
In every chapter of this brilliant book is basically a new story. Sometimes Milly-Molly-Mandy would get a new dress, or make a new friend, or anything like that. I think that J. Brisley is a good author, but I do say - I found some peculiar mistakes in it..But, that's the publisher's fault, isn't
This book was quite funny, as a matter of fact, and sometimes it even made me read a certain paragraph or two to my family. And even then, they would laugh too - not just me, who'll even giggle at my own joke!
This book is probably recommended for six- or seven-year-old children to ten- or eleven-year-olds. I think the words that J. Brisley wrote were just right, so that nearly everyone will be happy to read it, and when reading it will chuckle and giggle out loud!
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it? And anyway, I was still able to follow the story!This book was quite funny, as a matter of fact, and sometimes it even made me read a certain paragraph or two to my family. And even then, they would laugh too - not just me, who'll even giggle at my own joke!
This book is probably recommended for six- or seven-year-old children to ten- or eleven-year-olds. I think the words that J. Brisley wrote were just right, so that nearly everyone will be happy to read it, and when reading it will chuckle and giggle out loud!
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Millicent Margaret Amanda, known to her friends and family as Milly-Molly-Mandy, lived in a nice white cottage with a thatched roof, in a small, close-knit village in the south of England (probably the author's native East Sussex), sometime in the 1920s. Her adventures at home and abroad, with her
Sweet but not saccharine, Millly-Molly-Mandy is a charming young literary heroine, and her activities would make for the perfect bedtime reading, a chapter or two per night, for younger children who want more involved stories. I have long been aware of this classic British children's book character, who debuted in 1928 with Joyce Lankester Brisley's Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories, and who went on to star in five more collections, but it wasn't until this new printing of The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook came into work that I had the opportunity to read about her doings. I'm so glad that I did, as I enjoyed every selection here immensely. The language is simple but descriptive, the accompanying artwork, done by Brisley herself, just lovely. There is a wholesome quality to these tales, an innocence that I found very pleasing, and a sense of basic morality that was very appealing. Most of all, there is a sense of love - family love, the love of close friends, and the love of the wider community - that was heartwarming. This collection draws only from the first four Milly-Molly-Mandy books (and I'm not sure it includes all the stories from those four), so I finished it wanting to track down more! If only they were more widely available in the states...
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Mother and Father, Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle and Aunty, little-friend Susan and Billy Blunt, and all of the other villagers, are detailed in the twenty-one short stories contained in this anthology...Sweet but not saccharine, Millly-Molly-Mandy is a charming young literary heroine, and her activities would make for the perfect bedtime reading, a chapter or two per night, for younger children who want more involved stories. I have long been aware of this classic British children's book character, who debuted in 1928 with Joyce Lankester Brisley's Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories, and who went on to star in five more collections, but it wasn't until this new printing of The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook came into work that I had the opportunity to read about her doings. I'm so glad that I did, as I enjoyed every selection here immensely. The language is simple but descriptive, the accompanying artwork, done by Brisley herself, just lovely. There is a wholesome quality to these tales, an innocence that I found very pleasing, and a sense of basic morality that was very appealing. Most of all, there is a sense of love - family love, the love of close friends, and the love of the wider community - that was heartwarming. This collection draws only from the first four Milly-Molly-Mandy books (and I'm not sure it includes all the stories from those four), so I finished it wanting to track down more! If only they were more widely available in the states...
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LibraryThing member LarisaAWhite
Sweet set of slice-of-life vignettes about a little girl and her family. Set in England, circa 1920-1930.
LibraryThing member blbooks
First sentence: Once upon a time there was a little girl. She had a Father, and a Mother, and a Grandpa, and a Grandma, and an Uncle, and an Aunty; they all lived together in a nice white cottage with a thatched roof.
Premise/plot: Milly Molly Mandy stars in a collection of stories. This book was
The stories in this collection:
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes Errands (I would personally say go ON errands, but the table of contents says otherwise)
Milly-Molly-Mandy Spends a Penny
Milly-Molly-Mandy Meets Her Great-Aunt
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes Blackberrying
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes to a Party
Milly-Molly-Mandy Enjoys a Visit
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes Gardening
Milly-Molly-Mandy Keeps Shop
Milly-Molly-Mandy Gives A Party
Milly-Molly-Mandy Gets to Know Teacher
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes to a Fete
Milly-Molly-Mandy Has A Surprise
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes to A Concert
Milly-Molly-Mandy's Mother Goes Away
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes to the Sea
Milly-Molly-Mandy Minds a Baby
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes on an Expedition
Milly-Molly-Mandy Helps to Thatch a Roof
Milly-Molly-Mandy Keeps House
Milly-Molly-Mandy and the Blacksmith's Wedding
Milly-Molly-Mandy Has a New Dress
My thoughts: I enjoyed this one thoroughly. I did. It is old-fashioned for sure. These stories are like licks on a lollipop. I don't know that any one story stands out as wow or amazing. But taken together there is something satisfying about spending time with Milly-Molly-Mandy. I'm not sure how much appeal this character will have for young children or children. Perhaps if introduced to the stories by someone who passionately loves these characters, these books, and takes the time to pass on the tradition???
This is a book that I [and probably plenty of other adults] could imagine being read by their grandparents when they were little. And that adds an element of sentimentality perhaps.
Premise/plot: Milly Molly Mandy stars in a collection of stories. This book was
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originally published in 1928. There are other Milly Molly Mandy books. The stories--at least in this initial collection--are episodic. Each story stands more or less on its own. It features (relatively) the same cast of characters: her immediate family (see above) and her friends Toby and Susan. The stories in this collection:
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes Errands (I would personally say go ON errands, but the table of contents says otherwise)
Milly-Molly-Mandy Spends a Penny
Milly-Molly-Mandy Meets Her Great-Aunt
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes Blackberrying
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes to a Party
Milly-Molly-Mandy Enjoys a Visit
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes Gardening
Milly-Molly-Mandy Keeps Shop
Milly-Molly-Mandy Gives A Party
Milly-Molly-Mandy Gets to Know Teacher
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes to a Fete
Milly-Molly-Mandy Has A Surprise
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes to A Concert
Milly-Molly-Mandy's Mother Goes Away
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes to the Sea
Milly-Molly-Mandy Minds a Baby
Milly-Molly-Mandy Goes on an Expedition
Milly-Molly-Mandy Helps to Thatch a Roof
Milly-Molly-Mandy Keeps House
Milly-Molly-Mandy and the Blacksmith's Wedding
Milly-Molly-Mandy Has a New Dress
My thoughts: I enjoyed this one thoroughly. I did. It is old-fashioned for sure. These stories are like licks on a lollipop. I don't know that any one story stands out as wow or amazing. But taken together there is something satisfying about spending time with Milly-Molly-Mandy. I'm not sure how much appeal this character will have for young children or children. Perhaps if introduced to the stories by someone who passionately loves these characters, these books, and takes the time to pass on the tradition???
This is a book that I [and probably plenty of other adults] could imagine being read by their grandparents when they were little. And that adds an element of sentimentality perhaps.
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Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2001
Physical description
224 p.; 5.38 inches
ISBN
0753453320 / 9780753453322
UPC
046442453325