Jane Shaw wrote three entertaining books about Caroline and Sara and you can see something I wrote about the publishing history here.

Breton Adventure (Holiday) 1939


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At some time, Collins abandoned the green boards and the dustwrappers and issued the books in brightly coloured boards. I wish I knew exactly when this was. Some were reprints, as with these Susan books, others were only ever issued in the board format.


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There are eleven Susan books and the first four were printed as Children’s Press books. I’ve already written quite a lot about Jane Shaw; see here, so there’s no need to say much more.

Susan Pulls the Strings, 1952
Susan’s Helping Hand, 1955
Susan Rushes In, 1956
Susan Interferes, 1957


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The weather is foul: day after day of rain, wind and darkness that mean lights on all day. My thoughts turn to bright, frosty days and skating.


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I’ve been re-reading some of her non-series books ( Read more... )

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