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Milly-Molly-Mandy #2

by Joyce Lankester Brisley

Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside.

She is always busy doing things, and whether she is at the seaside with Billy Blunt and little-friend-Susan, or stuck up a tree, you're sure to have fun when Milly-Molly-Mandy's around!

The adventures of this lively little girl and her chums first appeared over eighty years ago and they have been delighting young children ever since.

Genres: Childrens, Classics, Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1929

About the author

Joyce Lankester Brisley (6 February 1896 – 1978) was an English writer. She is most noted for writing and illustrating the Milly-Molly-Mandy series, which were first printed in 1925 by the Christian Science Monitor.

The second of three daughters of George Brisley, a pharmacist, of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, Brisley's sisters - Ethel Constance, the eldest, and Nina Kennard, the youngest - were also illustrators. They studied art firstly at Hastings School of Art, then, following their parents' divorce in 1912 and the subsequent relocation of the girls and their father to Brixton, at Lambeth School of Art.

All three sisters illustrated postcards for the publisher Alfred Vivian Mansell & Co., with Nina (who also illustrated Elinor Brent-Dyer's Chalet School series) and Ethel becoming quite prolific. Brisley died in September 1978 at the age of 82.

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even nicer than the first Milly Molly Mandy book! The stories were very nice and relaxing, and I am excited to read the next two books in the series!

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Am enjoying a second childhood with these stories!

[Gina House · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5🌟 My third Milly-Molly-Mandy book and it didn't disappoint! An incredibly charming and sweet read. Each page just captures your heart with the everyday appreciation of the little things in life. The illustrations are my absolute favorite with their simplicity and beauty. The overall feeling of each story is lightness, friendship, thoughtfulness and doing your best for yourself and others. If you love the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace, you will love these little books. The descriptions are just lovely and I can't recommend this series highly enough.

[Neville Ridley-smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

The world of Milly-Molly-Mandy is practically utopia. Everyone is so darn nice and such lovely things happen.

But not quite. There are little hints of imperfection.

And slightly scary things like being stuck in your bedroom because the door handle is dodgy or being stuck up a tree and lacking the confidence to call out to people to help.

But these things are overcome eventually and in sometimes creative ways - MMM deals well with the hand she's been dealt.

All in all, these are just lovely stories.

[Niamh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slightly repetitive but overall wholly charming!

[Victoria (hotcocoaandbooks) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another cute book about Millicent Margaret Amanda (what a name, even her shortened name of Milly-Molly-Mandy is long). I loved how in this book, she got to experience some things that were different. This included getting a new room, having a cute tree house "nest," going to the ocean, getting a letter, and even getting to do her best to try to name her best friend Susan's baby sister. What I like about these stories is the positivity you see. The idea that this little girl is pretty content regardless, but she is appreciative when something does happen. I read this book in just a few hours. I think little girls especially would love to read this series! 3.75 stars.

[Sati Marie Frost · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read any Milly-Molly-Mandy since I was seven or eight, but I was just as delighted (if not more so) with her stories as an adult as I was as a child. The stories are sweet, gentle and surprisingly funny, with gorgeously detailed illustrations. Tales of mushrooming, picture shows and tea in a tree house remind the reader of the simple pleasures of childhood, and take even an '80s baby like me back to a more innocent, more honest time. A charming read.

[Melanie]

Read aloud with Bella. A sweet series of stories about a little girl (her full name is Millicent Margaret Amanda) in England, first published in the 20s. Each chapter is a complete story, which makes it easy to read just one at a time. Bella thinks this one is laugh out loud funny.

[Gerlinde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adored it. Drawings, stories, vocabulary, setting, and also the funny little asides. It made me feel hap-hap-happy.

[sasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a sweet and innocent book. Lovely stories, beautiful pictures, and nicely written. Can’t fault it!