This is a complete list of the 149

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Story Books published for children from 1941 to 1960 by

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, Harmondsworth, England.

Introductory remarks

* Brief information about the content of the books is contained in the notes, where it is available. However, the content of some books is self-explanatory as in the case of biographies and books of poems by R.L. Stevenson (PS 22),

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(PS 67) and

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(PS 70). * The sequence of PS numbers does not always coincide with the sequence of dates of publication. For example, Fell Farm Holiday by Marjorie Lloyd was first published in 1951 but its PS no. is 54 so that it appears among the sequence of books published in 1949. The discrepancy between PS nos and publication dates is presumably because some books take longer than others to prepare for publication. Fell Farm Holiday was in fact commissioned in 1947 though it didn't appear till 1951.According to Phil Baines, ''Puffin by Design: 70 Years of Imagination 1940–2010'', London: Allen Lane, 2010, p.66.

1941–1945

1946–1949

1950–1955

1956–1960

Sources

* Library catalogues such as th
British LibraryWorld CatalogueNational Library of ScotlandOpen Library
etc. * Bookselling websites such a
Amazonabebooksebay
* Phil Baines, ''Puffin by Design: 70 Years of Imagination 1940–2010'', London: Allen Lane, 2010. * Basic list of Puffin books till the 1960s to be found in this checklist: http://penguinchecklist.wordpress.com/puffin-books-pre-isbn ''Accessed 2012-06-23'' * Richard Williams, ''PUFFIN STORY BOOKS, PS 1 - PS 148, 1941–1960'', British Paperback Checklist No. 33, 2010. This checklist contains valuations, publisher information, names of illustrators, and alphabetic lists of books, authors and illustrators. Available at http://www.abebooks.com/richard-sylvanus-williams-1976-north-lincolnshire/465871/sf ''Accessed 2014-07-15''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puffin Story Books Lists of children's books Penguin Books book series Lists of books by imprint or publisher Lists of British books 20th-century British children's literature