Judith Berrisford
Mary Berrisford (born 1912)[1] was a British writer of children's pony stories[2][3] which are very similar to those of the Pullein-Thompson sisters, as well as other animal story and books on gardening.[4] She was born in Staffordshire in 1912.[5] She also wrote under the name Amanda Hope.
She married Clifford Lewis, with whom she wrote under the pseudonym Judith M. Berrisford.[6]
Bibliography
Jackie books
- Jackie Won a Pony (1958)
- Ten Ponies and Jackie (1959)
- Jackie's Pony Patrol (1961)
- Jackie's Pony Camp Summer (also published as Jackie and the Pony Camp Summer) (1968)
- Jackie and the Pony Trekkers (1971)
- Jackie's Show Jumping Surprise (also published as Jackie's Showjumping Surprise) (1972)
- Jackie and the Pony Boys (also published as Jackie and the Pony-Boys) (1973)
- Jackie and the Misfit Pony (1975)
- Jackie on Pony Island (1977)
- Jackie and the Pony Thieves (1978)
- Jackie and the Phantom Ponies (1979)
- Jackie and the Moonlight Pony (1980)
- Jackie and the Pony Rivals (1981)
- Jackie and the Missing Showjumper (1982)
- Change Ponies Jackie! (1983)
- Jackie's Steeplechase Adventure (1984)
Other pony books
- Timber - The Story of a Horse (1950)
- Sue's Circus Horse (1951)
- Red Rocket, Mystery Horse (1952)
- The Ponies Next Door (1954)
- Rustlers in the New Forest (1954)
- Ponies All Summer (1956)
- Pony Forest Adventure (1957)
- A Pony in the Family (1959)
- Trouble at Ponyways (1960)
- A Colt In the Family (1962)
- Nobody's Pony (1962)
- Five Foals and Philippa (1963)
- A Show Jumper in the Family (1964)
- Sue's TV Pony (1964)
- Pony-Trekkers, Go Home! (1982)
- Sabotage at Stableways (1982)
- Pippa's Mystery Horse (1983)
- Too Many Ponies for Pippa (1984)
- Pippa & The Midnight Ponies (1985)
- The Judith Berrisford Book of Pony Care (non-fiction) (1987)
Dates unknown
- The Pony Club Annual No 4 (contributor)
Other children's books
- Taff the sheepdog (1949)
- And Polar sailed too (1951)
- Jim and Patsy on the farm (1952)
- Joker The Foxhound (1953)
- Son of Darky (1953)
- Skipper - The Dog from the sea (1955)
- Trot Home Sally (1955)
- Game Warden's Son (1956)
- Skipper and The Headland Four (1957)
- A Dog called Scamp (1958)
- Daffodil Island (1958)
- Skipper's Exciting Summer (1959)
- Son Of Taff (1959)
- The Cats of Winkle Bay (1959)
- Skipper and the Runaway Boy (1960)
- Skipper and Son (1961)
- SOS For Sheepdog Taff (1963)
- Taff and the Stolen Ponies (1965)
- The Far-from-home cats (1967)
- Skipper To The Rescue (1977)
Gardening books
- Irises (1961)
- The Small Shrub Garden (also published as A Small Scrub Garden) (1961)
- Gardening on Lime (1963)
- Rhododendrons and Azaleas (1964)
- The Wild Garden (1966)
- The Very Small Garden: Unlimited Ideas for Limited Space (1968)
- The Young Gardener (1970)
- Window Box And Container Gardening (1974)
- Backyards and Tiny Gardens (1976)
- Gardening on Chalk, Lime & Clay (1978)
- The Weekend Garden (also published as Weekend Gardener) (1978)
As Amanda Hope
- The Pengelly Face (1977)
- Mistress of Eden (1979)
- Lord of Glenjerrick (1979)
Sources
- "Berrisford, Judith Mary, 1921-". Library of Congress Linked Data Service.
- The Author's & Writer's Who's who. Burke's Peerage. 1971. p. xi.
- Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 112.
- "Judith M. Berrisford". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- "Judith Berrisford". Pony Mad Book Lovers. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- Carty, T. J. (2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. p. 21. ISBN 9781135955786. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
External links
- A pony books website with information about the author and her books
- An website with further information about her pony books, and cover scans
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