Simon Swede and Avril Apricot

The Garden Gang

by Jayne Fisher

Simon Swede and Avril Apricot (The Garden Gang)

Genres: Childrens

52 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 1980

About the author

Jayne Fisher was the youngest person ever to write for Ladybird Books, Jayne based her 'Garden Gang' stories around a bunch of fruit and vegetable characters that became hugely popular with younger readers in the 1970's. Jayne also illustrated her own books using felt-tipped pens.

Reviews

[Sarah Baines]

I used to love these books in my youth.....and maybe that's where they should have stayed so I could still have had my rose tinted fond memories of them. I bought a couple of these a few years ago during my midlife crisis phase and maybe it's time to pass them on.

[Ramya]

A Garden Gang series book written by a child author starting at age 9!