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C. Walter Hodges

Author,Illustrator

(1909 - 2004)

C. Walter Hodges

Cyril Walter Hodges was an English artist and writer best known for illustrating children’s books and for helping recreate Elizabethan theatre.

He won the annual Greenaway Medal for British children’s book illustration in 1964.



Bibliography

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955)

Huck is running away from his drunken father, Jim from an abusive master so they head down the Mississippi on a raft.  The Great American Novel.

 

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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The Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1993)

Dora and Oswald, Dicky and Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius try to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family. This set includes The Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods and The New Treasure Seekers.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1955)

In the 1840s a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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The Armourer’s House (1951)

When her grandmother dies, Tamsyn is sent to London. There, she meets a strange old Wise Woman.

Author(s): Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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The Chronicles of Robin Hood (1950)

The Robin Hood legends as interpreted by a young Rosemary Sutcliff.

Author(s): Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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A City of Bells (1936)

Jocelyn returns from the Boer war, wounded in body and spirit and attempts to recover in the bosom of his family and the work of a book shop.

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Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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The Little White Horse (1946)

As Maria arrives at Moonacre Manor she catches a glimpse of the little white horse.

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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Make-Believe (1949)

A collection of short stories set in the Channel Islands. We first met the protagonists in Island Magic.

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Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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The Nine Questions (1959)

Willie sets out to seek his fortune with his watch, his feather cap, a silver whistle and a feather bag. Along his journey he learns the answers to the nine questions which will allow him to find his father and assume his rightful place in the kingdom.

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Author(s): Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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Smoky-House (1940)

An exciting tale about dogs and donkeys and smugglers. The British edition has the hyphen.

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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Treasure Island (1948)

When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it. This is a much abbreviated edition.

Author(s): Haydn Perry
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1947)

After being sent to the country “to learn to be good”, the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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