Penelope

by Norman Thelwell

Penelope Norman Thelwell

Genres: Humor, Comics, Animals, Fiction

96 pages, Hardcover

First published October 5, 1972

About the author

Norman Thelwell was an English cartoonist well-known for his humorous illustrations of ponies and horses. A promising young student from Liverpool College of Art, he soon became a contributor to the satirical magazine Punch in the 1950s, and earned many lasting devotees by illustrating Chicko in the British boys' comic Eagle.

Known to many only as Thelwell, he found his true comic niche with Pony Club girls and ponies refusing fences, a subject for which he became best-known. His cartoons and drawings delighted millions.

For the last quarter of a century of his life he lived in the Test Valley at Timsbury, near Romsey, gradually restoring a farm house and landscaping the grounds which gave rise to his first factual book, A Plank Bridge by a Pool, which detailed the first two lakes he dug there. A third lake was later featured on the BBC’s South Today programme. Written much earlier, but published three years later, A Millstone Round My Neck described his experiences in re-building a Cornish water mill (Addicroft Mill at Liskeard, which he called Penruin), that was sold before the book was published. He always loved old buildings, and in his auto-biography, Wrestling with a Pencil wrote about his joy in the beauty of old cottages.

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Penelope is an upper-class English girl who spends her days riding her horse. I am always happy to read comics from around the world. This seems to be kind of a cross between Peanuts and Richie Rich (but with a little girl as the lead character). Very interesting look at a group that many of us know very little about.

[Kerri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all the Thelwell books I have read, but there is something about Penelope and Kipper that I especially adore.

Her misadventures and disasters never fail to amuse me, and her friends, especially Magnus and Fiona, are just as ridiculous and funny as she is. 💖🐴

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

What's not to like about Thelwell?

Nothing.

I want Kipper, I really do.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Thelwell's books, and as a horse mad kid, loved this book a heck of a lot. Some days I swear I wake up with hair like her pony's.

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Penelope is an upper-class English girl who spends her days riding her horse. I am always happy to read comics from around the world. This seems to be kind of a cross between Peanuts and Richie Rich (but with a little girl as the lead character). Very interesting look at a group that many of us know very little about.

I love all the Thelwell books I have read, but there is something about Penelope and Kipper that I especially adore.

Her misadventures and disasters never fail to amuse me, and her friends, especially Magnus and Fiona, are just as ridiculous and funny as she is.

[Arska-täti · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sarjakuvaromaani oman ponin omistamisen ihanuudesta ja kamaluudesta.

Alkuperäinen teos julkaistu vuonna 79, ja valitettavasti vitsit ovat jo auttamattoman vanhentuneita. Oli joukossa sentään muutamia edelleen toimivia strippejä.

[Helena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Luin tämän suomeksi, sama nimi suomennoksellakin. Hyvän tuulen kirja, joka on näköjään ilmestynyt sen jälkeen, kun oma heppavaihe oli jo mennyt ohi - ilmankos en aiemmin ollut Penelopeen tutustunutkaan :)

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet and old-fashioned humorous cartoons!