British Library Catalogue.
Millicent Sowerby
Standard Name: Sowerby, Millicent
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Family and Intimate relationships | Githa Sowerby | 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 | GS
published through J. M. Dent
her first book of verse for children, The Wise Book, with illustrations by her sister Millicent Sowerby
. OCLC WorldCat. TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. 249 (19 October 1906): 355 |
Publishing | Githa Sowerby | GS
published two more children's books this year, The Bumbletoes and Childhood, both illustrated by Millicent Sowerby
. OCLC WorldCat. |
Publishing | Githa Sowerby | GS
published a children's version of the Arabian Nights, entitled Little Stories for Little People, and illustrated by her sister Millicent Sowerby
. OCLC WorldCat. British Library Catalogue. Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North, 2009. 132 |
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. 132 |
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. 41-2 |
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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