Category Archives: Illustrations and artwork

The Barney Mystery covers through the years

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

In the not-too-distant past I have looked at the various different covers that have been used for the Famous Five, Malory Towers, Secret Series and the Adventure Series. Now it is the turn of The Barney Mysteries, or as they … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers covers through the years part 2

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

I’ve already looked at the covers from the first editions through to ones from 1990, and now it’s time for the rest of the 90s through to the present day. Here comes the nineties While we have had some modernisation … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers covers through the years

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

Previously I have written about the Famous Five covers, the Adventure Series covers and the Secret Series covers. Now I’m going to look at the covers from Malory Towers, my favourite of the school series. Inside and out with Stanley … Continue reading →

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Secret Series covers through the years

Posted on February 16, 2019 by

I recently looked at the different covers used for the Famous Five books and The Adventure Series. One series. Five books. Four cover artists. The Secret Series is perhaps unusual due to how many different cover artists the series had. While … Continue reading →

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Noddy loses his clothes, artwork by Gina Parr

Posted on February 13, 2019 by

While searching for information on who steals Noddy’s clothes in one of the books (for the latest search terms post) I stumbled upon something a bit random and surprising. Now that’s not that uncommon with the amount of stuff on … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series covers through the years part 2

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

Last week I wrote a great deal about the Stuart Tresilian covers for this series. In my defence there are three different covers for six of the books and two for the other two. That’s twenty-two different designs! Anyway, after … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series covers through the years

Posted on January 19, 2019 by

I recently looked at the covers of the Famous Five covers through the years. There were so many incarnations of the 21 books that it took two posts. The Adventure Series hasn’t been reprinted nearly so many times, so this should … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five covers through the years, part 2: 1990s-2018

Posted on January 11, 2019 by

Last time I started at the beginning with Eileen Soper, and on to Betty Maxey and the TV tie-in covers. Now we have the 90s covers and the dreaded modern ones. My era of Famous Fives Technically in my era … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five covers through the years, part 1: 1940s-1990s

Posted on December 8, 2018 by

The Famous Five books have been in print for nearly 80 years now, and along the way they have appeared with a lot of different looks from the original Eileen Soper covers to TV tie-ins and famous illustrators. We will … Continue reading →

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