The Brownies and the Wedding Day

The Brownies #7

by Verily Anderson, Joan Beales (Illustrator)

When the Brownies first saw the huge bearded stranger camping out on the common they thought he looked just like an ogre. Then he turned out to be the new Rector and quite kind after all. In fact, they liked him so much they offered to help him move into the shabby, dusty old Rectory and clean it all up for him.
With Brown Owl away, Tawny was in charge, and she was delighted to see them so busy with their new venture. But when at last the house was spick and span, the Brownies wondered what to do next. Then Joey had a wonderful idea. If they could persuade Monster John' to marry Tawny, the Brownies could help with all the wedding preparations...

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1974

About the author

Born in 1915, Verily Bruce Anderson was the daughter of a clergyman (the Rev. Rosslyn Bruce), and was educated at Edgbaston High School for Girls, Birmingham, and Normanhurst School, Sussex. She studied at the Royal College of Music, in London, and worked in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry from 1939 to 1941. In 1940, she married Captain Donald Anderson, and had five children - one son and four daughters. In addition to her children's books - most notably, the "Brownie" series - she wrote a number of volumes of autobiography, and worked for the BBC from 1946 through 2002. She died in 2010.