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Dorothy Edwards

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November 06, 1914

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For the Welsh novelist see Dorothy Edwards

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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 ghost ...more

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	My Naughty Little Sister (Naughty Little Sister, #1) by Dorothy Edwards, Shirley Hughes 4.16 avg rating — 1,789 ratings — published 1952 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry (Naughty Little Sister, #3) by Dorothy Edwards, Shirley Hughes (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 1974 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good (Naughty Little Sister, #4) by Dorothy Edwards, Shirley Hughes (illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 1968 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Naughty Little Sister's Friends (Naughty Little Sister, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 1962 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Naughty Little Sister Stories (Naughty Little Sister, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1970 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete My Naughty Little Sister by Dorothy Edwards, Shirley Hughes (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Naughty Little Sister Collection 4.47 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witches and the Grinnygog 4.03 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Naughty Little Sister: A Treasury Collection by Dorothy Edwards, Shirley Hughes (Illustrations) 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All about my naughty little sister 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1969 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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