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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.
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- Brockhampton Press
- 1964–1974
- Christianna Brand
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 ...
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A family with too many children can't discipline them all. Nurse Matilda comes to help their unruly brood using her magical abilities. Mr. and Mrs. Brown had too many misbehaving children. Their children would always scare off the new nannies, who would tell Mr. and Mrs. Brown that they needed to get Nurse Matilda. Finally, Mr. and Mrs. Brown agreed to get Nurse Matilda and she appeared at ...
Apr 16, 2021 · English. pages 382 : The incorrigible Brown children, who devour nannies, nurse-maids, and governesses, finally meet their match ... Nurse Matilda -- Nurse Matilda ...
1907 - 1988. Christianna Brand was born Mary Christianna Milne in Malaya but spent most of her childhood in England and India. She had a number of different occupations, including model, dancer, shop assistant and governess. Brand also wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Ann Ashe, Annabel Jones, Mary Brand, Mary Roland, and China Thompson.
Nov 5, 2020 · The Nurse Matilda Collection. Christianna Brand. Bloomsbury Publishing, Nov 5, 2020 - Juvenile Fiction - 144 pages. 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 ...
Mar 5, 2006 · Nurse Matilda Nurse Matilda Goes to Town Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital by Christianna Brand. These three books are now available in a single-volume edition titled Nanny McPhee, in honor of the 2006 motion picture that is more or less based on them. I am stubbornly refusing to put that title above this review, however, because the name Nanny ...
