When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good

Naughty Little Sister #4

by Dorothy Edwards, Shirley Hughes (Illustrator)

My naughty little sister is the naughtiest little girl in the world. She is guaranteed to cause mischief wherever she goes! My naughty little sister can be good - sometimes! She makes a Christmas pudding and she finds an extra special present for Mrs Cocoa Jones next door.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Novels, Audiobook, Short Stories, Indonesian Literature

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

For the Welsh novelist see Dorothy Edwards

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Born as Dorothy Violet Ellen Brown into a working-class family, her father taught her to read at an early age, enabling her to write her first story at four years of age. Her stories, poems and articles were published throughout her twenties, and at this time she married her husband Frank Edwards and had two children, Jane and Frank.

Edwards' most famous stories are of My Naughty Little Sister, which she conceived to keep her daughter, Jane, quiet whilst on a family holiday in 1950. She wrote five books of these stories.

She also published several anthologies of short stories, folklore and poetry for children, chiefly on the subjects of magic, witchcraft and ghosts. Two of these are Ghosts and Shadows 1980 and Mists and Magic 1983.

She was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award for children's literature for The Witches and the Grinnygog 1981, a novel for children about the survival of benign pagan witchcraft in modern Britain. This novel was later adapted for television.

Edwards was part of the 1950s radio show Listen with Mother, and she also wrote for Playschool and Jackanory.

Reviews

[Alesha Patel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute, a favourite when I was younger. Always wanting to keep up with her adventures!

[Gemma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just been digging through the garage and came across this book from my childhood - I started reading and couldn't stop.
What a wonderful heartfelt and cosy read to make me happy on this beautiful sunshiney day.
It has made me feel very uplifted.
Dorothy Edwards is a British staple for small children (as is Shirley Hughes).

[Susan Leahy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh I loved this book! It took me straight back to my childhood and the joy and delight I felt when reading, or having read to me, a book like this one. Dorothy Edwards was a genius at appealing to the sensibilities of children. And the accompanying illustrations by Shirley Hughes, a genius at depicting the emotions and thoughts of children in her work, are sublime. Wonderful.

[Josie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked this more than the first book in the series, simply because the narrator wasn't so supercilious. Plus the little sister is adorable in these stories -- I especially liked the one where she makes Christmas pudding with her granny. It's simple but wonderfully evocative.

[Alison Dean · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved Dorothy Edwards Naughty Little Sister stories, which Dad used to read to me when I was little. Dorothy Edwards was the same age as one of my grandmothers and so the stories are set in the times when gran was a child.

[Rima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved these as a seven year old. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this copy again in Hay.

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute children's book. As someone with a naughty little baby sister I can definitely relate to this and was actually the reason I bought this from a shop that sells preloved books.

[Damon Rycroft · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 27 year old wife enjoyed being read these before bed

[Rahmi Susiswanti · Rating 2 out of 5]

Buku ini cukup tipis hanya setebal 96 halaman dengan huruf yang cukup besar pula. Terdapat 7 judul cerita pada novel ini, seperti kumpulan cerpen, bedanya menceritakan hanya 1 orang yaitu adikku, dengan diselingi beberapa gambar ditengah tengah bagian cerita.

Diawal cerita terdapat adikku yang akal belajar bicara. Diceritakan saat adiknya masih kecil dan mulai belajar bicara, dia mulai bicara "bu, bu, bu" dan "yah, yah". Kami punya tetangga bu Joanes namanya yang sangat suka pada sosok kecilnya, dipanggilnya "Doanes". Sering menyelinap sendiri ke rumah bu Doanes sendiri tanpa pengawasan, padahal pagar kayu cukup tinggi, kalu manjatpun cukup tinggi, dan itu dilakukan berulang kali. Ternyata setelah diamati, adikku tersebut menerobos melewati celah kecil di kayu yang kebetulan lepas. Karena tubuhnya makin besar dan dia sudah tidak muat lagi, akhirnya oleh bu Doanes dibuatkannya Gerbang Coklat Doanes khusus untuk adikku supaya dia bisa berkunjung setiap hari ke rumahnya.

Cerita yang cukup ringan.

Ada pula cerita adikku ya g nakal dengan si kembar. Karena sudah mulai sedikit besar, saat berias adikku dibawa ibu di depan kaca supaya dia bisa lihat dirinya, tetapi adikku malahan sering menangis gara gara ingin memegang bayi kecil yang tersenyum di dalam cermin tetapi tidak bisa dan keras. Lalu dijelaskan oleh ibu bahwa, itu adik bayi, adik paham, lalu kalau dia bercermin sering bilang "bayi bersih di cermin", "bayi kotor di cermin...". Suatu hari adik bayi diajak ibu ke rumah ibu pencuci yang punya anak kembar dan saat melihatnya adikku langsung bicara "gadis cantik kecil dengan bayangannya" . Semua tertawa, lalu diajukannya adikku ke lantai dua rumah ibu pencuci dan disana terdapat cermin besar, lalu ibu pencuci menjelaskan kalau mereka kembar, dan masih ada bayangan gadis kembar di cermin. Adikku sedikit paham, tetapi saat pulang dia masih bertanya ke ibu.. "Adakah bayi di luar sana yang sama persis dengan aku ibu, kembaranku?" "Ha ha ha, tentu saja tidak ada" jawaban ibu tertawa.

Masih ada 5 cerita yang lain tentang adikku... Mantel cerah Harry....yang menyelamatkannya saat dia terperangkap di pulau karena korean...

Bayi Bidadari ...:-)ibu Joanes kehilangan kepala boneka bayi bidadari kesukaannya, ternyata tanpa sengaja adikku menemukannya ditumpukkan taman batu miliknya...

Puding Coklat Api unggun... Malam natal keluargaku terbiasa pergi ke api unggun perayaan kota, tetapi dia tidak suka seperti halnya nenek... Lalu dia dan nenek membuat acara sendiri membuat Puding Coklat yang disiram brendy dan dibakar. Karena menyala seperti api unggun, adikku menyebut" Puding coklat api unggun" kalau yang ini dia suka....Kata nenek ucapkan permintaanmu... Senang sekali adikku... Terima kasih nenek..

[Felicity Terry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book 4 in a box set of 5.

A childhood favourite of mine, I was delighted to receive a set of these books for Christmas. So what of my thoughts so many years later?

Well, I found all five books in the series quite charming BUT I did find My Naughty Little Sister to be more annoying than I had remembered her. OK, so she wasn't always naughty, sometimes just mischievous, and she nearly always saw the error of her ways which I suppose meant she wasn't a total brat but, even so, she was irritating.

First published in the early 1950's I did find the stories quite dated in lots of ways (and I'm not just talking about the use of language or the construction of sentences), the books take you back to a world of hot, buttered toast and frothy milk, to a world where children, in many ways, had much more freedom, to a time when parents won't so suspicious of their neighbours - I've never known any little girl who could count so many grown men as their friends ..... in book one alone there is talk of the milkman, the baker, the coalman, the window cleaner, and the 'shoe mender man' all of whom are friends of My Naughty Little Sister.

Still, a great nostalgic read, I would loved to have shared these stories with our two nieces who alas are now, aged 22 and 13, probably too old to truly appreciate them as I did as a child

[Emkoshka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another lovely collection of snippets from the life of Edwards's naughty little sister; my favourites involved the twins ('Baby-in-the-glass!') and the shouting coat. I could read these stories ad infinitum, they're so utterly charming. :)

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I liked her better when she was naughty. ;) Not sure if I ever actually read these myself, or just had my mum read them to me.

[Ann Han · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hope I had a sister like that(joking)

[Rahmadiyanti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bisa juga si Badung jadi adik baik-baik. Tapi rasanya kok lebih suka baca kalau si adik badung ya... :)

[Pujiyanto_x · Rating 3 out of 5]

dia bersikap baik?? Ah, rasanya tidak seperti adikku yang nakal.

[Dodi Prananda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gemes dengan kelakuan adikku ini.

[Lottie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short stories of a naughty mischievous little girl, when she was well behaved.
Stories I would have enjoyed when I was younger.

[Johanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adore this book. Authentic and heart-warming it is great fun to read.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

333 - 2013

[Rachel Yuska · Rating 3 out of 5]

Masih lucu dan menggemaskan.
Saya suka dengan Ibu dan Pak Jones yang baik hati.