Yleistieto

Syntymäaika: 1900-01-09
Kuolinaika: 1991-04-05
Sukupuoli: female
Kansalaisuus: UK
Asuinpaikat: Worcestershire
Lewes, Sussex
Koulutus: Chelsea School of Art
Royal Academy Schools
Ammatit: illustrator
children's book author
travel writer
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset: Carnegie Medal
Lyhyt elämäkerta: Eve Garnett attended school in Devon before studying at the Chelsea Polytechnic School of Art and the Royal Academy of Art. She produced murals for the Children’s House at Bow and held exhibitions of her work at the New English Art Club and the Tate Gallery in London. Eve Garnett is particularly remembered for her two popular children’s books, The Family from One End Street (1937), for which she received the Carnegie Medal, and Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street (1956), both of which portrayed the realities of working-class life. An avid Arctic traveller, she also produced a radio play, The Doll's House in the Arctic, and the book To Greenland’s Icy Mountains (1968).

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Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn: a One End Street story.… Tekijä: Eve Garnett

Written much later than the first and second books (1937 and 1956), Eve Garnett is now recreating the past, set in a vague bucolic 1930s countryside. 1962, when the book was published, would have had a different vibe. I prefer the urban adventures, such as the escaped convicts, to the rural hobnobbing with the gentry and who will win most prizes at the village show, but it is a pleasant enough read.

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PollyMoore3 | 1 muu arvostelu | Aug 18, 2023 |

Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street Tekijä: Eve Garnett

A beautifully written follow up to The Family from One End Street. It may seem rather dated to us these days, but the writing is comforting and honest, ideally suited to children.

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Matacabras | 1 muu arvostelu | Feb 2, 2021 |

The Family from One End Street Tekijä: Eve Garnett

A lovely little gem of a book about the Ruggles family, old Jo and Rosie and their seven children, Lily Rose, Kate, James, John, Jo, Peg and William.

I can't recall reading this as a child, although I have owned the book since childhood, so was really surprised that I enjoyed it so much. The Ruggles having nothing, certainly be today's standards, but they are fundamentally happy. It is a very up-lifting and charming book.

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Matacabras | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 24, 2021 |

The Family from One End Street: And Some of Their… Tekijä: Eve Garnett

I read this book many times as a child, borrowing it repeatedly from the local library. I was happy to re-read it and discover my golden memories were true. The Ruggles family live a happy hectic life, and the stories are a window onto working class lives in the early 20th century based on the things Eve Garnett saw when developing illustrations for a book on children in London. From my childhood reading of the book, I remember loving the adventures the Ruggles children got up to, particularly Jim and John and the Gang of the Black Hand. As an adult, re-reading the book, I appreciate the stability their parents try to bring them and the struggles they have financially. I also appreciate how well written the book is, and found it as absorbing as many of the novels I have read as an adult.… (lisätietoja)

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missizicks | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 3, 2016 |

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