The Oxford Children's Library was a reprint series of children's books published by the Oxford University Press from 1958 to 1974.
The series was announced "not so much as an invasion of the cheap market but as a lifeline thrown out to save a number of books (most of them post-war publications) from going prematurely out of print: those books that have proved themselves already at a higher price but can only now be reprinted in a normal sized edition at a price that would be prohibitive"[1]
List of titles in the series
edit| Number | Author | Year | Title | Illustrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tring, A. Stephen | 1958 | The Old Gang | |
| 2 | Gleit, Maria | 1958 | Child of China. Translated by E. F. Peeler | Walter Holz |
| 3 | Smith, C. Fox | 1958 | The Ship Aground | C. Walter Hodges |
| 4 | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 1958 | The Queen Elizabeth Story | C. Walter Hodges |
| 5 | Chauncy, Nan | 1958 | They Found a Cave | |
| 6 | Chauncy, Nan | 1958 | World's End was Home | |
| 7 | Dawlish, Peter | 1958 | Aztec Gold | P. A. Jobson |
| 8 | Mayne, William | 1958 | Follow the Footprints | Shirley Hughes |
| 9 | Higson, Kit | 1958 | Cop Shooter | Dorothy Fitch |
| 10 | Spring, Howard | 1958 | Darkie and Co. | Norman Hepple |
| 11 | Welch, Ronald | 1958 | The Gauntlet | T. R. Freeman |
| 12 | Carruthers, Janet | 1958 | The Forest is my Kingdom | |
| 13 | Vipont, Charles | 1958 | The Heir of Craigs | |
| 14 | Forbes-Watson, R. | 1958 | Shifta! | Joan Kiddell-Monroe |
| 15 | Mayne, William | 1958 | The World Upside Down | Shirley Hughes |
| 16 | Berg, Leila | 1958 | The Adventures of Chunky | George Downs |
| 17 | Abrahall, C. H. | 1959 | Prelude | Anna Zinkeisen |
| 18 | Tarn, W. W. | 1959 | The Treasure of the Isle of Mist | |
| 19 | Yonge, Charlotte M. | The Little Duke | Jennifer Miles | |
| 20 | Sutcliff, Rosemary | Simon | Richard Kennedy | |
| 21 | Smith, C. Fox | 1959 | The Valiant Sailor | Neville Dear |
| 22 | Vipont, Elfrida | 1959 | The Lark in the Morn | T. R. Freeman |
| 23 | Forbes-Watson, R. | 1961 | Ambari! | Joan Kiddell-Monroe |
| 24 | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 1961 | Brother Dusty-Feet | C. Walter Hodges |
| 25 | Mayne, William | 1962 | A Swarm in May | |
| 26 | Jowett, Margaret | 1962 | Candidate for Fame | Peggy Fortnum |
| 27 | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 1962 | The Armourer's House | C. Walter Hodges |
| 28 | Farjeon, Eleanor | 1962 | The Glass Slipper | Ernest H. Shepard |
| 29 | Lee, M. and C. | 1963 | Rosamond Fane | Heather Standring |
| 30 | Guillot, René | The Wind of Chance. Translated by Norman Dale | Pierre Collot | |
| 31 | Voegeli, Max | 1963 | The Wonderful Lamp. Translated by E. M. Prince. | Felix Hoffmann |
| 32 | Pertwee, Roland | 1965 | Rough Water | Margery Gill |
| 33 | Mayne, William | 1965 | Underground Alley | Marcia Lane Foster |
| 34 | Lewis, Hilda | The Ship That Flew | ||
| 35 | Smith, C. Fox | 1965 | Painted Ports | C. Walter Hodges |
| 36 | Guillot, René | The Sea Rover | ||
| 37 | Lewis, Hilda | The Gentle Falcon | ||
| 38 | Grice, Frederick | 1966 | The Bonny Pit Laddie | Brian Wildsmith |
| 39 | Guillot, René | 1966 | Sama. Translated by Gwen Marsh. | Joan Kiddell-Monroe |
| 40 | Manning-Saunders, Ruth | 1967 | Animal Stories | Annette Macarthur-Onslow |
| 41 | Pertweel, Roland | 1967 | The Islanders | |
| 42 | Guillot, René | Kpo the Leopard. Translated by Gwen Marsh. | Joan Kiddell-Monroe | |
| 43 | Manning-Saunders, Ruth | 1967 | Circus Boy | Annette Macarthur-Onslow |
| 44 | Braumann, Franz | Gold in the Taiga | ||
| 45 | Guillot, René | Companions of Fortune | ||
| 46 | Bosco, Henri | 1967 | The Boy and the River. Translated by Gerald Hopkins | Lynton Lamb |
| 47 | Guillot, René | 1968 | Prince of the Jungle. Translated by Brian Rhys. | Brian Wildsmith |
| 48 | Guillot, René | Elephants of Sargabal. Translated by Gwen Marsh | ||
| 49 | Allen, Eric | 1968 | The Latchkey Children | Charles Keeping |
| 50 | Hagen, Victor V. and Hawkins, Quail | 1968 | Quetzal Quest | Antonio Sotomayor |
| 51 | Welch, Ronald | For the King | William Stobbs | |
| 52 | Burton, Hester | The Great Gale | Joan Kiddell-Monroe | |
| 53 | Welch, Ronald | Escape from France | William Stobbs | |
| 54 | Guillot, René | Master of the Elephants. Translated by Barbara Seccombe. | Victor G. Ambrus | |
| 55 | Welch, Ronald | 1969 | Captain of Foot | William Stobbs |
| 56 | Farjeon, Eleanor | 1969 | The Silver Curlew | Ernest H. Shepard |
| 58 | Curcija-Prodanovic, Nada | 1970 | Ballerina | Dusan Ristic |
| 59 | Turner, Philip | 1970 | The Grange at High Force | William Papas |
| 60 | Vipont, Elfrida | 1970 | The Lark on the Wing | T. R. Freeman |
| 61 | Porter, Sheena | 1970 | The bronze chrysanthemum | Shirley Hughes |
| 62 | Baumann, Hans | 1970 | The Barque of the Brothers. Translated by Florence McHugh | Ulrik Schramm |
| 63 | Michael, Manfred | 1970 | Timpetill. Translated by R. P. Aston. | Richard Kennedy |
| 64 | Pearce, Philippa | 1974 | Minnow on the Say | Edward Ardizzone |
| 65 | Welch, Ronald | 1974 | Captain of Dragoons | William Stobbs |
| 66 | Sutcliff, Rosemary | 1974 | Knight's Fee | Charles Keeping |
References
edit- ^ Bookseller: The Organ of the Book Trade, Issues 2750–2766, 1958, p.1206