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Margaret Tarrant

Born

in Battersea, London, The United Kingdom

August 19, 1888

Died

July 29, 1959

Genre

Children's

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Margaret Winifred Tarrant was the only child of Percy and Sarah Tarrant and she excelled at art from an early age.

She was so talented that at the age of 19 she received her first commission from JM Dent & Sons who used her illustrations for a new edition of Charles Kingsley's 'The Water Babies'.

This work earned her a string of other commissions such as 'Nursery Rhymes (1914 and 1923), 'Alice in Wonderland' (1916) and 'Hans Andersen's Fairy tales' (1917) for Ward, Lock and Co. She also designed postcards for Oxford University Press.

In addition she illustrated more than 20 books for George G. Harrap & Co between 1915 and 1929 and she began an even more important publishing relationship in 1920, the year in which she produced her first illustr ...more

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Margaret Tarrant’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 172 ratings · 20 reviews · 113 distinct works

	Weather Fairies 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Wild Fruit Fairies 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Flower Fairies 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Margaret Tarrant's Christmas Garland by Margaret Tarrant (Illustrator), Marian Russell Heath 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 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 First Book of Fairy Tales 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1988 — 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
	My First Book of Prayers 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1988 — 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
	Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1982 — 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
	Seed Fairies 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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 Enchanting Fairies Colouring Book 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Traditional Fairy Tales 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	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