Happy 75th, Mary Rayner! (British writer/illustrator, "Garth Pig" series)

Born in Mandalay, Burma, she went to school at the Nazareth Convent in
Ootacamund, India, and then in Winchester, England in 1945.

She lives in Wiltshire, England.

Also the illustrator of *** King-Smith's "Babe."

About "Garth Pig and the Ice Cream Lady":
"When Garth Pig tries to buy ice cream, he is kidnapped by Mrs. Wolf,
driver of the ice cream truck."

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(covers)

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(Anita Silvey's entry for Rayner)

WORKS

FOR CHILDREN; SELF-ILLUSTRATED


The Witch-Finder, Macmillan (London, England), 1975, Morrow (New York,
NY), 1976.
Mr. and Mrs. Pig's Evening Out, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1976.
Garth Pig and the Ice Cream Lady, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1977.


The Rain Cloud, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1980.
Mrs. Pig's Bulk Buy, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1981.
Crocodarling, Collins (London, England), 1985, Bradbury Press, 1986.
Mrs. Pig Gets Cross and Other Stories, Collins (London, England),
1986, Dutton (New York, NY), 1987.
Reilly, Gollancz (London, England), 1987.
Oh Paul!, Heinemann (London, England), 1988, Barron, 1989.
Bathtime for Garth Pig, Picture Lions, 1989.
Marathon and Steve, Dutton (New York, NY), 1989.
Rug, Collins/Forest House (London, England), 1989.


Garth Pig Steals the Show, Dutton (New York, NY), 1993.
One by One: Garth Pig's Rain Song, Dutton (New York, NY), 1994.
Ten Pink Piglets: Garth Pig's Wall Song, Dutton (New York, NY), 1994.
Wicked William, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1996.
The Small Good Wolf, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1997.


FOR CHILDREN


Open Wide, illustrated by Kate Simpson, Longman, 1990.
The Echoing Green, illustrated by Michael Foreman, Viking (New York,
NY), 1992.
Shark Sunday, Viking (New York, NY), 1997.

"Contributor to anthologies, including Allsorts Six, edited by Ann
Thwaite, Methuen, 1974; Allsorts Seven, edited by Ann Thwaite,
Methuen, 1975; Young Winters' Tales Seven, edited by M. R. Hodgkin,
Macmillan, 1976; Hidden Turnings, edited by Diana Wynne-Jones,
Methuen, 1989; Stories for the Very Young, edited by Sally Grindley,
Kingfisher, 1989; Animal Stories for the Very Young, edited by Sally
Grindley, Kingfisher, 1994; and Best Stories for Six Year Olds,
Hodder, 1995. Contributor of stories to Cricket."


ILLUSTRATOR


Daphne Ghose, Harry, Lutterworth, 1973.
Stella Nowell, The White Rabbit, Lutterworth, 1975.
Griselda Gifford, Because of Blunder, Gollancz (London, England),
1977.
Griselda Gifford, Cass the Brave, Gollancz (London, England), 1978.
Partap Sharma, Dog Detective Ranjha, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1978.


*** King-Smith, Daggie Dogfoot, 1980, published as Pigs Might Fly,
Viking (New York, NY), 1982.
Emma Tennant, The Boggart, Granada (London, England), 1980.
Jan Mark, The Dead Letter Box, Hamish Hamilton (London, England),
1982.
Anthea Colbert, Mr. Weller's Long March, Chatto & Windus (London,
England), 1983.
*** King-Smith, Magnus Powermouse, Gollancz (London, England), 1982,
Harper (New York, NY), 1984.
*** King-Smith, The Sheep-Pig, 1983, published as Babe: The Gallant
Pig, Crown (New York, NY), 1985.
Pat Thomson, Thank You for the Tadpole, Gollancz (London, England),
1987.
Griselda Gifford, Revenge of the Wildcat, Canongate, 1989.


Anita Briggs, Hobart, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2002.


"Also illustrator of Silver's Day, by Griselda Gifford; and Lost and
Found, by Jill Paton Walsh."


Lenona.
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