ROUND THE YEAR: SUMMER BY MARIBEL EDWIN
I've previously written about Maribel Edwin and her series of "Round the Year" stories which were beautifully illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer Book - Cover by Raymond Sheppard |
This time it's the turn of Summer. Spring and Summer were advertised in newspaper advertisements in 1938 and interestingly this copy shows the series was intended to show "a different story [...] for every week of the year". There are indeed 13 black and white illustrations in each book. I have found no evidence they were published prior to this book format so I guess this format of each season presenting 13 episodes, was decided on commissioning the books. The editor 'R.W.' in the Editor's introduction suggests children read them one a week.
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| Daily Mirror December 8 1938 p.18 |
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| Enlarged from above |
Well, let's see the illustrations by Raymond Sheppard...
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.16 Hedgehog bites adder/viper |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.22 2 chaffinches amongst blossom |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.29 Two gulls fight over a crab in a rock pool |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.32 5 gulls gliding in a blue sky |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.37 Bats silhouetted against the moon |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.46 A barn owl drops into water with wings spread |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.53 A green woodpecker is surprised by a starling sticking its head out of a hole |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.60 Two moorhens and three chicks amongst lilies |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.68 A squirrel watches frogs leaping |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.71 A kingfisher arises out of the water to a branch with 4 other kingfishers on |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.75 A kingfisher underwater catches a fish |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.82 A blackbird swoops down |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.89 A young seal sits on a ledge |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.95 A hare stands in the gloom on its rear legs |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.97 A hare runs through some rushes |
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer p.103 6 woodpigeons take flight from some grass |
The cover comes from the frontispiece (or vice-versa?) showing in colour the Green Woodpecker at his noisy work
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| Round the Year Stories: Summer [Frontispiece] Green Woodpecker |
- Round the Year Stories: Spring with a brief biography and bibliography
- Round the Year Stories: Summer with a further biography
- Round the Year Stories: Autumn
- Round the Year Stories: Winter
- Round the Year Stories (all four seasons)
