The Dumpy Books for Children were a series of small-format books selected by E. V. Lucas and published by British publisher Grant Richards between 1897...
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twentieth century. It was part of a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children, published by British publisher Grant Richards between...
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The Story of Little Black Sambo (category 1899 children's books)
1899. As one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children, the story was popular for more than half a century. It was later published...
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Emma Walton Hamilton (category British women children's writers)
31 children's books, including the "Dumpy" books, The Great American Mousical (2006), also illustrated by Walton, two "Bonnie Boadicea" novels for middle...
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Bret Harte Compact Poets Dawn of History Series The Dolphin Books Dumpy Books for Children The Golden Library Gotham Library The Great Songwriters Immortals...
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Richards publishing house began publishing the Dumpy Books for Children series of small format books for children. In 1901, the publishing house launched The...
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Religion. In 1897, Richards began publishing Dumpy Books for Children, a series of small, pocket books for children. With their tiny size, charming stories...
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Edith Farmiloe (category British women children's book illustrators)
designs for his first three 'Dumpy Books for Children'. In All the World Over Farmiloe originated the colour drawings, receiving a royalty of 10% for the...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (category 1997 children's books)
cat, Mrs. Norris, aids his constant hunt for misbehaving pupils. Other members of staff include: the dumpy Herbology teacher and Head of Hufflepuff House...
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Thacker, Spink & Company (category Books about British India)
Oriental Series The Commando Books The Rampart Library of Good Reading Thacker's Dumpy Books for Children Thacker's Hand-books of Hindostan Journals being...
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Jacob Have I Loved (category Children's books set in Maryland)
Sara Louise catches crabs with her only friend, McCall "Call" Purnell, a dumpy, short-sighted boy. One day, Hiram Wallace, the only islander to leave to...
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Guardians of Ga'Hoole (redirect from St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls)
the tree- becomes suspect and books are burnt. Somehow the Band must open Coryn's eyes to the Striga's influence. Dumpy, a puffin, discovers Nyra and...
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Molly Brett (category English children's book illustrators)
Margaret Tempest, Racey Helps, and others. Brett's books include: A Little Garden (1937) A Surprise for Dumpy (1964) An Alphabet (1980) Drummer Boy Duckling...
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Patten Wilson (section Books illustrated)
1903) The Sunday Dumpy Book For Children (Grant Richards, 1903) Patten Wilson: Daniel In The Lions’ Den (Sunday Dumpy Books For Children No 1) (Grant Richards...
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Julie Andrews (category English children's writers)
Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton. Dumpy the Dumptruck. Hyperion, 2000. ISBN 0-7868-0609-5. (several others in the Dumpy series) Edwards, Julie Andrews and...
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Elizabeth Winthrop (category American children's writers)
International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council among others. Some of her most popular picture books include Dumpy La Rue, Shoes, Dog Show, Squashed...
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Professor of Herbology and the Head of Hufflepuff House. She is described as a dumpy little witch with flyaway grey hair who wears a patched, frayed hat and...
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Honor C. Appleton (category British women children's book illustrators)
Charlotte Appleton (1879–1951) was a British illustrator of children's books, including The Children's Alice. She had a delicate watercolour style, influenced...
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The Poddington Peas (category 1980s British children's television series)
white chef's hat and carries a rolling pin. Dump-Pea (male): A fat, greedy, dumpy pea who is bigger and heavier than all of the others, and always eating...
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"squat, dumpy, pudgy (about a person)"), when using the fairy-tale as the basis of a children's musical, now a classic among Hebrew children's plays. Greek...
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Govinda (actor) (category All articles with bare URLs for citations)
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male. The previously made Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega was directed by his nephew Janmendra alias Dumpy, who...
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Passion (2008) as Jude Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise (2010) as Dumpy the Houseschmuck Your Highness (2011) as Tiniest One Kong Curling (2011)...
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Turns. The Upper Crusts and the Lazy Loafers Comic strip Reprints featuring Dumpy and Tich (the 'Lazy Loafers'), two tramps who repeatedly try and grab food...
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Sister of the Bride (category 1963 children's books)
sacrifices Rosemary and Greg must make (such as becoming landlords of a dumpy tenement to save on rent), Barbara begins to think that maybe she's not...
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Arnold Palmer (category Ryder Cup competitors for the United States)
scholarship and turned pro in 2008. He stated that Palmer's family nickname is "Dumpy.” Palmer married his second wife, Kathleen Gawthrop, in 2005 in Hawaii....
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was poorly received by fans, and Rick Wakeman would later say "this fat, dumpy guy at the front singing ... it was an absolute nightmare from start to...
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Betsy Lewin (category American children's book illustrators)
writing and illustrating stories for children's magazines and eventually children's books. She is married to children's book illustrator Ted Lewin and with...
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Norma Shearer (category Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners)
no illusions about the image I saw in the mirror". She acknowledged her "dumpy figure, with shoulders too broad, legs too sturdy, hands too blunt", and...
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Cool McCool (category 1960s American children's comedy television series)
cigar were visible behind his chair. Number One's secretary was Friday, a dumpy girl who had an unrequited crush on the secret agent. McCool has three catchphrases:...
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York) wrote, "The Duchess, who is now a little over forty, is short and dumpy, and appears to best advantage when on horseback. She has a kindly, intelligent...
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