Alison Uttley
Alison Uttley ( born December 17, 1884 in Cromford, † May 7, 1976 in Derbyshire, full name Alice Jane Taylor) was a British writer.
Life
Alison Uttley, came on 17 December 1884, when Alice Jane Taylor to the world. She grew up in Derbyshire Cromford. She first attended the Lea School in Holloway, later, the Lady Manners School in Bakewell. Alison Uttley developed a taste for science, which led to a scholarship at the University of Manchester. She studied physics and finished her studies, as by then second wife of England, with a university degree. Then she went to Cambridge and studied teaching of physics there. From 1908 she taught at the Fulham Secondary School for Girls.
In 1911 she met James Arthur Uttley and married him. Four years later, son John Corin Taylor to the world ( 1915-1978 ). Through his participation in the First World War, the health of James Arthur Uttley deteriorated rapidly. He died in 1930. As a single mother Alison Uttley had to find a way to keep herself and her son financially afloat. So she began writing children's books.
Services
Her first children's book published in 1929 under the original title: The Squirrel, The Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit - this was the beginning of the highly successful Grey Rabbit series. Alison Uttley wrote more than 100 books, including the well-known story A Traveller in Time. This is about a girl from the 21st century, which undertakes a journey into the 16th century with the help of the pig Sam. There, the two support a family in their efforts to save the Scottish queen Mary. However Among her most famous works are the stories about Mademoiselle squirrel, master lamp and Graupfötchen (English original title: " The Squirrel, the Hare at the little gray rabbit " )
Awards
Alison Uttley received in 1970 the degree Honorary Doctor of Letters. This gave her the University of Manchester, because of their literary achievements.
Works
The following children's books has Alison Uttley, published, among other things:
- The Squirrel, The Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit - 1929
- How Little Grey Rabbit Got Back Her Tail - 1930
- The Great Adventure of Hare - 1931
- The Story of Fuzzypeg the Hedgehog - 1932
- Squirrel Goes Skating - 1934
- Wise Owl 's Story - 1935
- Little Grey Rabbit's Party - 1936
- The Knot Squirrel Tied - 1937
- Fuzzypeg Goes to School - 1938
- Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas - 1939
- My Little Grey Rabbit Painting Book - 1940
- Moldy Warp the Mole - 1940
- Hare Joins the Home Guard - 1942
- Little Grey Rabbit's Washing Day - 1942
- Water Rat 's Picnic - 1943
- Little Grey Rabbit's Birthday - 1944
- The speckledy Hen - 1945
- Little Grey Rabbit to the Rescue - 1945
- Country Things - 1946
- Little Grey Rabbit and the Weasels - 1947
- Grey Rabbit and the Wandering Hedgehog - 1948
- Little Grey Rabbit Makes Lace - 1950
- Toad 's Castle - 1951
- Hare and the Easter Eggs - 1952
- Little Grey Rabbit's Valentine - 1953
- Little Grey Rabbit Goes to the Sea - 1954
- Hare and Guy Fawkes - 1956
- Little Grey Rabbit's Paint - Box - 1958
- Grey Rabbit Finds a Shoe - 1960
- Grey Rabbit and the Circus - 1961
- Three Little Grey Rabbit Plays - 1961
- Grey Rabbit's May Day - 1963
- Cuckoo in June - 1964
- Hare Goes Shopping - 1965
- Little Grey Rabbit's Pancake Day - 1967
- Little Grey Rabbit Goes to the North Pole - 1970
- Fuzzypeg 's Brother - 1971
- Little Grey Rabbit's Party Spring Cleaning - 1972
- Little Grey Rabbit and the Snow Baby - 1973
- Hare and the Rainbow - 1975