GS
's next sister, Amy Millicent Sowerby
(born just a year after her, on 1 November 1877), became a well-known illustrator of children's books and picture postcards. Millicent shared Githa's home until the latter married...
Author summary
Githa Sowerby
Githa Sowerby's first full-length play, Rutherford and Son, was received in 1912 as a work of major importance. After this initial success, however, she produced only a handful of plays, only one more of...
Publishing
Githa Sowerby
Other books for children, besides those which continued to augment GS
's best-known series, followed with Millicent
's illustrations in 1912, 1913 (a retelling of Cinderella), 1919, 1925, and 1934 (a children's play entitled The Policeman's Whistle).
Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North, 2009.
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Publishing
Githa Sowerby
GS
published through J. M. Dent
her first book of verse for children, The Wise Book, with illustrations by her sister Millicent Sowerby
.
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British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North, 2009.
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Residence
Githa Sowerby
GS
and her sister Millicent
moved to London to begin independent life in a small flat when her parents and two other unmarried sisters settled in Oxfordshire.
Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North, 2009.
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Textual Production
Githa Sowerby
About twenty-five years after most of her books for children were published, GS
collaborated with Natalie Joan
on two more children's books, The Glad Book and a new version of The Gay Book, both...
Textual Production
Githa Sowerby
Before she turned her talents to drama, GS
published eleven children's books, most of them in verse. All were illustrated by her sister, Millicent Sowerby
, who also illustrated editions of Lewis Carroll
's Alice's...
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Texts
Sowerby, Githa, and Millicent Sowerby. Childhood. Chatto and Windus, 1907.
Sowerby, Githa, and Millicent Sowerby. Little Plays for Little People. Henry Frowde, and Hodder and Stoughton, 1910.
Sowerby, Githa, and Millicent Sowerby. Little Stories for Little People. Henry Frowde, and Hodder and Stoughton, 1910.
Sowerby, Githa, and Millicent Sowerby. The Bumbletoes. Chatto and Windus, 1907.
Sowerby, Githa et al. The Gay Book. Artists and Writers Guild, 1935.
Sowerby, Githa et al. The Glad Book. Artists and Writers Guild, 1935.
Sowerby, Githa, and Millicent Sowerby. The Wise Book. J. M. Dent; E. P. Dutton, 1906.