Mal Lewis Jones is a British children's

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Background

She was born in

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, England and attended a private school before moving to Kidderminster High School for Girls at eleven. She continued her education at

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, where she read English and American Literature. Her tutors were

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, Harold Beaver and Bernard Bergonzi. Lewis Jones' main titles concern Cassie at the Ballet School. The books are published by Hodder Children's Books and by

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in Germany. There have been many "bind-ups" of the stories where two stories are contained in one edition. The covers of the original books show Sophie Bould and Jessie Jones. Sophie Bould starred alongside

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in The Sound of Music. Lewis Jones has published other dance books including the six titles in the Dance Club series, published by McDonald Young books. She has also adapted ''

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'' by Kenneth Grahame, for Hodder and WHSmith. Her strange and mysterious story, ''The Grey Pony'' is published by Orion. Mal Lewis Jones is also well known for the series of educational books published by Heinemann, about ''Frisky the Lamb''. These have been very successful and widely used in UK schools and elsewhere. She is also joint co-collator of the classic poetry anthology, '' Good Night, Sleep Tight'' which is a collection of 366 poems, one for every night of the year. It is published by Scholastic and in America by Scholastic Inc. She lives in

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with her husband, Ivan Jones. Their daughter was the illustrator (of ''

Poppy Cat Poppy Cat is a series of books created by British illustrator and writer Lara Jones. The books are published by Campbell Books (a division of Macmillan Publishers), and include ''Poppy Cat's Play House'', ''Poppy Cat's Christmas'', ''Poppy Cat L ...

'' Books and numerous others)

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, who died aged 34, in 2010.

Titles of books

*Cassie at the Ballet School; for books published by Kindle *Ghost at the Ballet School; *New Friends at the Ballet School; *Trouble at the Ballet School; *On Tour with the Ballet School; *Stars of the Ballet School. Lewis Jones has also written and published many poems in anthologies.

References

The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English (Cambridge University Press 1999. Editor Lorna Sage) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Mal Lewis Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English children's writers People from Kidderminster