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The books are based on stories told to the cousins by their great-grandfather. [1] They concern a hideously ugly witch known as Nurse Matilda who has been highly recommended to Mr. and Mrs. Brown as a nursemaid by several agencies. Nurse Matilda arrives at the household of the Brown family and becomes a nanny to the innumerable Brown children.
About the author. Christianna Brand (December 17, 1907 - March 11, 1988) was a crime writer and children's author. Brand also wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Ann Ashe, Annabel Jones, Mary Roland, and China Thomson. She was born Mary Christianna Milne in 1907 in Malaya and spent her early years in India.
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4 primary works • 4 total works. The Nurse Matilda books were written by Malaya-born children's author Christianna Brand (1907–1988). The books were illustrated by Ms. Brand's cousin, Edward Ardizzone. Both cousins heard the stories from the same grandfather. They concern a hideously ugly nursemaid known as Nurse Matilda who has been highly ...
Nov 1, 2007 · Books. Nurse Matilda. Christianna Brand. A&C Black, Nov 1, 2007 - Children's stories - 384 pages. The Brown children are terribly naughty and all the nannies and governesses in the directory are driven to distraction and leave, much to Mr and Mrs Brown's dismay. There is one last resort - Nurse Matilda. Preview this book ».
The Brown children are terribly, terribly naughty - unbelievably naughty. All the nannies and nursery-maids and governesses in the directory are called upon to implement some kind of order in the house but, inevitably, they are soon driven to distraction and of course leave having had absolutely no positive effect on the children's indefatigable resource of mischief and anti-social conduct ...
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Once upon a time there was a huge family of children; and they were terribly, terribly naughty ...So begins Nurse Matilda, the first of three books about the no-nonsense nanny who uses magic to rein in the mischievous children in her charge - and changes their lives forever.This covetable, highly collectable new hardback edition of a timeless classic is packed with episode after episode of ...
Oct 1, 2020 · Nurse Matilda. Hardcover – October 1, 2020. by Christianna Brand (Author) 4.6 453 ratings. Book 1 of 1: NURSE MATILDA. See all formats and editions. Once upon a time there was a huge family of children; and they were terribly, terribly naughty . So begins Nurse Matilda, the first of three books about the no-nonsense nanny who uses magic to ...
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