More Naughty Little Sister Stories

Naughty Little Sister #2

by Dorothy Edwards

Originally written for the BBC's Listen With Mother radio programme, these stories were based on Dorothy's recollections of her own childhood with her naughty little sister. For fifty years, stories about the funny, loveable, mischievous little girl have enchanted children all over the world, perfectly complemented by Shirley Hughes' warm and nostalgic illustrations. These stories are perfect for bedtime reading, or as read-alone books for slightly older children. First experiences, significant events and childhood emotions are dealt with brilliantly and with a tremendous sense of fun.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Classics, Indonesian Literature

118 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1970

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

[Danii Allen]

Read as part of the PopSugar Reading Challenge 2017, to fill 43) A book with a family-member term in the title.

Since the last book I read took me over a month to get through, I thought I'd read something quick and easy to cleanse the palette.

This is a book I've had since I was a child, and has always been on my bookshelf, but I'd never picked back up to reread as an adult.

It's cute.

[Lottie]

Another of my childhood book which I should have read years ago.
These are short stories of a naughty little girl who gets up to mischief, not much really to say probably would have enjoyed more when I was a child.

[Debbie]

I love these books. They're adorable and charming, and naughty little sister is a character to remember. My 7yo daughter likes reading these books too! I think it reminds her of her little sister who is a mischievous one.

[hanhilhen]

Buku cetul dengan penerjemah yang baru. Membaca buku ini ada unsur parentingnya juga. Memandang anak yang nakal tapi sebetulnya tidak.

[Lizzy]

Better than Milly-Molly-Mandy, but similar in lots of ways. She's not actually naughty! Very nice short stories. Not read the parade one before, particularly good.

[Lauren Link]

read and re read this book series and we still love it just as we did the first time

[Cassandra]

A few of these were a bit too moralistic, but otherwise lovely as usual.

[Hollie McIvor]

I don't really like it but I think it will be a very good book for some people

[Hope Shae]

when I was young this was the only book collection I'd read, I was naughty, got sent to my room and all I could do was read this

[Lili]

is funny.

[Anna Ciddor]

This is a favourite book from my childhood. I have wonderful, cosy memories of listening to my mother reading it out loud to myself and my two sisters. Just listened to it again now, as an adult, on audio book. It brought back that same feeling of delight... It has lost nothing over the years!

[Felicity Terry]

Book 2 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

[ijul (yuliyono)]

Si adik tetap saja serba-ingin-tahu. Dan, si kakak selalu menceritakan tingkah polah si adik dengan sangat gamblang sehingga pembaca (saya) dapat menyelami kehidupan keluarga kakak-beradik ini. Tetangga-tetangganya, tukang pos, tukang susu, tukang pembersih kaca, tukang roti, dan si Harry Bengal, tentu saja, jangan kelewatan. Nuansa kanak-kanaknya benar-benar manis. Suka!

[Annamarie]

I love, love, love the My Naughty Little Sister books, even 20 years later. My favourite story in the set is My Naughty Little Sister and the Solid Silver Watch.

I don't know if children these days will enjoy them as much as I did at their age but they are totally worth a read.

[SITI HAMIDAH]

Sebenarnya bukan benar-benar nakal sih..., hanya saja ia melakukan hal-hal lucu yang tidak tepat, bahkan kesannya menggemaskan, dan nakal hanyalah istilah untuk keganjilan tesebut... baca review-ku di http://jasminehamd.blogspot.co.id/201...

[Gabby]

Sisters that can get away with anything that they do wrong as their mother does not believe that can happen. However in another way this was a slow if interesting collection of the irrational antics of the Little Sister.
A good short story collection for journeys in the car.

[Sally]

My Naughty Little Sister was one of my favourite characters as a little kid! My mum read me all the stories :)

[Indah W]

Naughty naughty naughtyy..

Gua ngga inget ceritanya seeh, ahahaha.. tapii pastinya dia ngga senakal si Amelia Jane! *ugghh*

[Iyut]

kayaknya udah pernah baca duluuuuu sekali jaman masih masih SD :D
tetap sukaaaa

[dyas]

cerita nya ringan banget. hehe jadi inget pas jaman jadi adik. tapi langsung punya adik -___-"

*lakh, bukan nya nge-review malah curcol x_x

[Indah Threez Lestari]

332 - 2013

[Pujiyanto_x]

ga nakal-nakal amat... jadi kurang seru deh.

[Goodworth1]

Back for more Naughty little sister. These are just as enjoyable as book one. Very cute!

[Emkoshka]

I could read these stories forever, they're so charming, good-hearted and evocative of a cosy homely world that is gone now.

[Sandy Millin]

I enjoyed reading these as a child, but I'm not sure how much children now would like them since the world they portray is very different. Giving it to the school library.

[Dodi Prananda]

Pengin punya adik seperti adikku yang nakal...

[Dewi Wulandari]

review singkat disini : vanillaconfeito.blogspot.in

[an]

anak kecil yang berteman dengan orang besar. okay, mana nakalnya? :)