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Pauline Baynes

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born

September 09, 1922 in Hove, Sussex, The United Kingdom

died

August 01, 2008

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Children's Books

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Pauline Diana Baynes was an English book illustrator, whose work encompassed more than 100 books, notably those by C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Pauline is probably best known for her illustrations in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. She was also J.R.R. Tolkien's chosen illustrator: her drawings appear in Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wootton Major, Tree and Leaf, and after Tolkien's death the poem Bilbo's Last Song.

Pauline Baynes began her career with little formal training. After spending her early years in India, where her father was commissioner in Agra, she and her elder sister came to England for their schooling. When their father retired, their parents settled near Farnham in Surrey and Paulin...more

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Average rating: 4.10 · 218,279 ratings · 8,116 reviews · 64 distinct works

	El Leon, La Bruja y el Ropero by C.S. Lewis, Teresa Mlawer, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 331,389 ratings — published 1950 — 265 editions	My rating:
	The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrations) 4.23 avg rating — 135,725 ratings — published 1948 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Ο ανεψιός του μάγου by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator), Τζένη Μαστοράκη (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 87,696 ratings — published 1955 — 146 editions	My rating:
	The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 96,600 ratings — published 1952 — 152 editions	My rating:
	The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #6) by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 59,237 ratings — published 1953 — 133 editions	My rating:
	The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia Series #7) by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes 3.98 avg rating — 58,247 ratings — published 1956 — 119 editions	My rating:
	Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien, Pauline Baynes 3.70 avg rating — 1,393 ratings — published 1949 — 39 editions	My rating:
	Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 77,597 ratings — published 1951 — 185 editions	My rating:
	The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator), Paul Scofield (Produced by) 3.84 avg rating — 69,060 ratings — published 1954 — 148 editions	My rating:
	Questionable Creatures: A Bestiary 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006	My rating: