who wrote the books 'my naughty little sister'

[misdee]

remember them being read to us at school by one oif the teachers who loved thebooks. want to get one to read to dd1.

Dorothy Edwards.

Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.

God,I loved them too!
Now I'll be racking my brains all night!

cheers janh.

Has it not been banned for using the word naughty?

No new books on amazon but lots of used ones.

Actually I used to have a book with 3 or 4 stories in, not sure if I still have it but if I do you'd be welcome to it, I'll have a look tomorrow.

at "unwell".

lockets, you are such a laydee

my naughty little sister and bad harry i was wondering if they may have been considered a bit err, outdated for todays kids.

am off to buy some books then.

My children alwyas loved them, still do actually. You can get audiobooks of them which are great for car rides

Misdee I read them to my children but I do update the language a bit and skip some bits too. The party one is a classic though! I remember reading that when I was little, plus the one where she goes to school (the teacher agrees to look after MNLS for a whole day - how likely is that?) and where she bites father Christmas's finger.

Yes, actually you might want to edit the one where the father is forced by the evil mother to look after his own child for a couple of hours

i vaguely remember one about going fishing. is that right?

Yes, misdee, and she naughtily fell in the river and they had to leave her clothes out to dry.

Mrs Cocoa Jones, whose husband made a little gate in the garden for MNLS to go and visit them. They had no children of their own.

Oh is that why MrsCocoaJones sounded so familiar!!! (It's MaloryTowers's alternate MN name )

The father looks after MNLS and goes off to work in his study. And loses her. She's down at the shoe menders IIRC.

We love these stories.
In one she has measles and no-one bats an eyelid. Instead the kind neighbour, Mrs. CoCo Jones, brings round a box of special little bits and pieces which is reserved for ill people. It's fab!

My boys both loved these stories!

oh i loved these, we had some on a record too.

We have a couple of these books now. really want them on audio CD for the car too, as 3yo DD loves them so much. Only available of cassette at moment though DD adores them - they appeal to her own naughty side I guess We have to read one of the stories most nights for her bedtime story.

You can buy them all over - Asda, WHSmith, Waterstones, etc. So far I have seen 4 different books I think.

DD likes the story when My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry eat the trifle too

Another set of books, along same lines, that she enjoys is Naughty Amelia Jane.