{{More citations needed|date=October 2023}} '''The Dumpy Books for Children''' were a series of small-format books selected by E. V. Lucas and published by British publisher Grant Richards between 1897 and 1904.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Dumpy Books for Children (Grant Richards) - Book Series List |url=https://www.publishinghistory.com/dumpy-books-for-children-grant-richards.html |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=www.publishinghistory.com}}</ref> Subsequent books were published by Chatto & Windus and by Sampson, Low.
==Books in the collection==
{|class="wikitable sortable" !Order!!Title!!Author!!Illustrator!!Year |- |01||''The Flamp and Other Stories''||E. V. Lucas|| ||1897 |- |02||''Mrs Turner's Cautionary Stories''|| || ||1897 |- |03||''The Bad Family and Other Stories''||Mrs. Fenwick|| ||1899 |- |04||''The Story of Little Black Sambo''||Helen Bannerman||Helen Bannerman||1899 |- |05||''The Bountiful Lady''||Thomas Cobb|| ||1900 |- |06||''A Cat Book''||E. V. Lucas||H. Officer Smith||1901 |- |07||''A Flower Book''||Eden Coybee||Nellie Benson||1901 |- |08||''The Pink Knight''||J. R. Monsell||J. R. Monsell||1901 |- |09||''The Little Clown''||Thomas Cobb|| ||1901 |- |10||''A Horse Book''||Mary Tourtel|| ||1901 |- |11||''Little People: An Alphabet''||T. W. H. Crosland||Henry Mayer||1901 |- |12||''A Dog Book''||Ethel Bicknell||C. Moore Park||1902 |- |13||''The Adventures of Samuel and Selina''||Jean C. Archer|| ||1902 |- |14||''The Little Lost Girl''||Eleanor Raper|| ||1902 |- |15||''Dollies''||Richard Hunter||Ruth Cobb||1902 |- |16||''The Bad Mrs. Ginger''||Honor C. Appleton||Honor C. Appleton||1902 |- |17||''Peter Piper's Practical Principles''|| || ||1902 |- |18||''The Little White Barbara''||Eleanor S. March|| ||1902 |- |19||''Japanese Dumpy''||Yoshio Markino||Yoshio Markino||1903 |- |20||''Towlocks and His Wooden Horse''||Alice Appleton||Honor C. Appleton||1903 |- |21||''The Three Little Foxes''||Mary Tourtel|| ||1903 |- |22||''The Old Man's Bag''||T. W. H. Crosland||J. R. Monsell||1903 |- |23||''The Three Goblins''||M. G. Taggart|| ||1903 |- |24||''Dumpy Proverbs''||Honor C. Appleton||Honor C. Appleton||1903 |- |25||''More Dollies''||Richard Hunter||Ruth Cobb||1903 |- |26||''Little Yellow Wang-Lo''||M.C. Bell|| ||1903 |- |27||''Plain Jane''||G. M. George||G. M. C. Fry||1903 |- |28||''The Sooty Man''||E. B. Mackinnon and Eden Coybee|| ||1903 |- |29||''Fishy Winkle''||Jean Archer||Jean Archer||1903 |- |30||''Rosalina''||Jean Archer|| ||1904 |- |31||''Sammy and the Snarliwink''||Lena and Norman Ault || ||1904 |- |32||''The Motor Car Dumpy book''||T. W. H. Crosland||J. R. Monsell||1904 |- |33||''Irene's Christmas Party''||Richard Hunter||Ruth Cobb||1904 |- |34||''The Little Soldier Book''||Jessie Pope||Henry Mayer||1907 |- |35||''A Dutch Doll's Ditties''||C. Aubrey Moore|| ||1907 |- |36||''Ten Little Nigger Boys''||Nora Case|| ||1907 |- |37||''Humpty Dumpty's Little Son''||Helen Reid Cross|| ||1907 |- |38||''Simple Simon''||Helen Reid Cross|| || |- |39||''The Little Frenchman''||Eden Coybee||K. J. Fricero|| |- |40||''The Story of an Irish Potato''||Lily Schofield|| || |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://marchhousebookscom.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Dumpy%20Books The Dumpy Books]
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