The final image is of the facsimilie produced in 1981 to mark the 40th Anniversay of Puffin Books. The second and third images are of 1953 Reprint covers (front and back) illustrated by John Harwood, dated 1945 cover printed by Balding and Mansell. Title: WORZEL GUMMIDGE or The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook. Information and cover photographs of Puffin Story Books Series: After 20 years as series editor, Eleanor Graham was suceeded by Kaye Webb in 1961. The series rapidly became recognised as a hallmark of good quality childrens books. The series was edited by Eleanor Graham who strove to publish "the best of the new classics of the new generation". The centre panel contained a small vignette.įrom 1944, Puffin book covers were illustrated - the first being PS9 The Puffin Puzzle Book The covers of the first books produced were in the standard Penguin format, with red covers (red-white-red), with the 'quartic' panel at the top and a 'Puffin' logo at the bottom. It began in December 1941 with the launch of PS1 Worzel Gummidge by Barbara Euphan Todd. Puffin Story Books (PS) is a wonderful series of books for children.
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