Many printings of the original Milly-Molly-Mandy books have been made available over the decades by various publishers. [5] Stories [ edit ] There is a recipe for lid potatoes and a technique to make sailor girls which I am planning to try. Most of the fun the children have is in playing outside or in assisting grown ups.

Gardners Books through Pan Macmillan published a boxed set of four books, The Best of Milly-Molly-Mandy (2004), [25] which was later carried by Kingfisher and released separately the next year. These were billed as in a "dainty, accessible format" [26] featuring Clara Vulliamy cover art with Brisley interior illustrations: Even though I’m a historian, I don’t long for “simpler” times gone by (perhaps because I spend my life trying to understand the complexities, not just imagining the fun parts). But there is Something™ about the purchasing power of a single penny in ye olden days that Speaks to Me. When I was a kid, one gumball cost a QUARTER. The story “Milly-Molly-Mandy Spends a Penny” has lived rent-free in my brain for weeks now and it’s not being evicted anytime soon.

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No racism. No coloured characters but I'm sure if any were present they would be treated as one of them and not an oddity. Doesn't treat the Orient as exotic and doesn't even preach about the church. Her colour is never described and no one blushes or pales, they just keep on working. So the characters might be of any race, if not for the illustrations. I definitely recommend these stories and plan to read them to my little girl when it's becoming time to move on from picture books.

There are strict (and fair) teachers at school who are friendly outside school. Rare nowadays. And the tiny children understand why the teacher needs to be strict even if she is staying at Milly-Molly-Mandy's house. What darling little stories about Milly Molly Mandy and her adventures with her family, their farm and the friends she has in town! Each chapter is short and a great length for children just learning how to sit and listen to a chapter book. There are whimsical illustrations too.ETA Sept 2020: I requested this via ILL so I could share it with my own children now that they are old enough to appreciate the stories. The stories are even more dear to my heart now and both my boys (ages 7 and almost-5) enjoyed them, too. The book that arrived is titled "The BIG Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook" and was published in May 2000 by Kingfisher. The illustrations are by Clara Vulliamy. (Funny coincidence, I don't think I had ever encountered her work before and then we quite serendipitously ended up with three of her books from the library at the same time!) On one hand, I was miffed that the original illustrations were replaced. Why, oh, why? The originals are delightful. That said, perhaps some children today would be happier with the full color illustrations and I must say Vulliamy's do a fairly good job of capturing the spirit of the originals. The Big Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook (2000); [20] 8 stories; Clara Vulliamy illustrations, cover and throughout; 2 pg introduction by Vulliamy; 11.125 x 8.75 in; Kingfisher Publishers.