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Feature about the author of the Milly Molly Mandy stories
If I say that Joyce Lankester Brisley is the author of a series of children's books that have never been out of print since the first book was published in 1928 and have been translated into many languages, most readers will be puzzled. "Who is she? Never heard of her." That's because over time, Brisley has been paid perhaps the greatest compliment for a writer; she has become invisible, if not as anonymous as the unknown individuals who first narrated the stories of Cinderella and The Three Bears. Her books live on, though their author died in 1978 and her name is rarely recognised.The Milly-Molly-Mandy books began almost by accident...
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