{"id":2714,"date":"2020-09-01T12:42:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T12:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2020-09-01T12:42:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T12:42:30","slug":"puffin-books-august-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2020\/09\/01\/puffin-books-august-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Puffin Books – August 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2020\nmarks 80 years since the creation of Puffin Books, which are the children\u2019s\ndivision of Penguin Books. The idea initially came about in 1939 after a\nmeeting between Noel Carrington and Allen Lane, the founder of Penguin Books,\nwith the creation of the company a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original idea was to publish a series of children\u2019s non-fiction books which were a success. The first Puffin storybook was entitled Worzel Gummidge<\/em> and appeared in 1941. During the early years Puffin Books encountered problems such as paper rationing during World War II and libraries still preferring hardback books rather than paperback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title page of Worzel Gummidge<\/em> by Barbara Euphan Todd, illustrated by Tony Ross (OUP, 2002), text copyright \u00a9 Barbara Euphan Todd 1936, reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press. (Book Trust Collection, FICTION TOD WOR) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Under\nits first editor, Eleanor Graham, Puffin aimed to publish 12 titles per year.\nDuring the 1950s, stories which allowed children\u2019s imaginations to wander were\npublished. Titles included Charlotte\u2019s\nWeb<\/em> and C.S. Lewis\u2019s The Lion, The\nWitch and The Wardrobe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under\nthe editorship of Kaye Webb, children\u2019s publishing increased during the 1960s\nfrom 151 to 1,213 titles which included reprints of such classics as The Hobbit <\/em>. New titles at this time\nincluded Stig of the Dump.<\/em> A picture\nbook list and teenage fiction began to be published as well as the introduction\nof The Puffin Book Club,<\/em> which still\nexists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Titles\npublished during the 1970s and 1980s included The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory <\/em>and\nthe Spot the Dog<\/em> series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent\ntitles include Harry and his Dinosaurs <\/em>and\nthe Charlie and Lola<\/em> series which\nhave both been televised.  Roald Dahl\u2019s\npopularity as an author has led to an annual celebration which takes place on\n13th<\/sup> September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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