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born

July 25, 1905 in Lamport, Northamptonshire , The United Kingdom

died

January 01, 1990

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male

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http://www.welford.org/bb.htm

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Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE (25 July 1905–8 September 1990) was a British naturalist, children's writer, and illustrator who wrote under the pseudonym "BB".

Denys Watkins-Pitchford was born in Lamport, Northamptonshire on the 25th July 1905. He was the second son of the Revd. Walter Watkins-Pitchford and his wife, Edith. His elder brother, Engel, died at the age of thirteen. Denys was himself considered to be delicate as a child, and because of this was educated at home, while his younger twin, Roger, was sent away to school. He spent a great deal of time on his own, wandering through the fields, and developed a love of the outdoors, which was to influence his writing. He had a great love of the outdoors and enjoyed hunting, fishing an...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 216 ratings · 17 reviews · 20 distinct works

	The Little Grey Men 4.03 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1942 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Brendon Chase by B.B., Denys Watkins- Pitchford 4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Down The Bright Stream 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1948 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Forest Of Boland Light Railway 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Naturalist's Bedside Book by B.B., 1905-1990 B. B. 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Confessions of a Carp Fisher 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Manka, The Sky Gipsy (Swallow Books) by B.B., 'B. B.' 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988	My rating:
	Recollections of a 'Longshore Gunner 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1976	My rating:
	Tide's Ending 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	The Countryman's Bedside Book 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	My rating:

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“It's always the same when I feel the autumn coming. I want to be up and away somewhere, over the hills and far away.”
― B.B., Down The Bright Stream

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