Fourth Holiday Book, illustrator Mary K. Lee and Eelco M. T. H. Van der Beek, cover Hilda Boswell [29] A fun tale of a mischievous little rabbit; a great story for anyone who is looking to appease their inner child!

The Green Goblin Book, republished in abridged form in 1951 as Feefo, Tuppeny and Jinks after the characters in the book [3] I was amazed to realise how little comment there has been over the years about the many similarities between Potter’s tales and the Africa-originated Brer Rabbit folktales”, Zobel Marshall said.

Brer Rabbit is a Brave Fellow' sees the hero battling with Brer Fox while 'Brer Wolf's Mistake' involves Brer Rabbit, Brer Wolf and a case of mistaken identity that works in favour of Cousin Wildcat. And 'The Tale of the Silkworms' involves a burglar who runs into the arms of a policeman due to interference by the silkworms! Somewhat bizarre indeed! I could not think what to say about what is one of my favourite books that I have just read again, so I took what Joel Chandler, aged five said: “Brer Rabbit Stories collected by Joel Chandler Harris, aged five. They are pretty funny in the middle because he has an idea and says ‘just don’t throw me in’, then he does and at the end, he’s escaped.”

Potter herself “never publicly admitted the source of any inspiration for her drawings, plotlines or protagonists”, Zobel Marshall says. Hollindale argued in his lecture that this may have been because she “misunderstood her own talent and, to the end of her life, was afraid of being caught out as a cheat”. It's worth noting that the tar baby story also appears, in similar form, in the Jatakas, a 4th-century BCE Indian collection of stories depicting the Buddha in former lifetimes. Apparently, a similar story also exists in ancient native North American culture, along with other stories that are similar to tales here. This could imply at least two possibilities. Do all human cultures share stories with similar basic elements, which manifest themselves as expressions of basic human needs? Or is it evidence of early cross-fertilization between cultures which have since evolved, divided, sub-divided and moved about across the globe?The Play's the Thing, illustrator Alfred Bestall, music Alex Rowley, as Plays for Older Children and Plays for Younger Children, 1940 The Teddy Bear's Party, illustrator Eileen Soper, Little Book 5, 1989 reprint as The Night The Toys Had A Party, illustrator Susan Pearson Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. Notable series include: The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Five Find-Outers, Noddy, The Wishing Chair, Mallory Towers, and St. Clare's.

Runaway Teddy Bear and Other Stories, illustrator Eileen Soper, E. H. Davie et al., Pitkin Pleasure Book Youngs, Ian (22 February 2011). " 'Lost' Enid Blyton book unearthed". BBC Online . Retrieved 22 February 2011. Bookcovers". enidblyton.net. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 20 September 2015. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Tales of Brave Adventure - 13 stories about Robin Hood, 14 stories about King Arthur (1st edition published by Dean & Sons Ltd.)Five short stories about Brer Rabbit plus an extra one entitled 'The Tale of the Silkworms'. The Brer Rabbit stories are: 'Oh, Brer Rabbit!', 'Brer Rabbit and Mister Lion', 'Brer Rabbit and Mister Ram', 'Brer Rabbit is a Brave Fellow', Brer Wolf's Mistake' The News Chronicle Boys' and Girls' Annual, illustrators Kay Nixon (Kathleen Irene Blundell-Nixon) [4] and Ernest Aris The Young Adventurers series (2004), originally published as the Riddle Series (1997) by HarperCollins. Mr Tumpy's Caravan (discovered in a collection of her papers, in 2011; not the 1949 publication of similar title) [54]