# Dumpy Books for Children

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'''The Dumpy Books for Children''' were a series of small-format [book](/source/book)s selected by [E. V. Lucas](/source/E._V._Lucas) and published by British publisher [Grant Richards](/source/Grant_Richards_(publisher)) 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](/source/Chatto_%26_Windus) and by Sampson, Low.

==Books in the collection==

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Order!!Title!!Author!!Illustrator!!Year
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|01||''The Flamp and Other Stories''||[E. V. Lucas](/source/E._V._Lucas)|| ||1897
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|02||''Mrs Turner's Cautionary Stories''|| || ||1897
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|03||''The Bad Family and Other Stories''||Mrs. Fenwick|| ||1899
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|04||''[The Story of Little Black Sambo](/source/The_Story_of_Little_Black_Sambo)''||[Helen Bannerman](/source/Helen_Bannerman)||Helen Bannerman||1899
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|05||''The Bountiful Lady''||Thomas Cobb|| ||1900
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|06||''A Cat Book''||E. V. Lucas||H. Officer Smith||1901
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|07||''A Flower Book''||Eden Coybee||Nellie Benson||1901
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|08||''The Pink Knight''||[J. R. Monsell](/source/John_Robert_Monsell)||J. R. Monsell||1901
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|09||''The Little Clown''||Thomas Cobb|| ||1901
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|10||''A Horse Book''||[Mary Tourtel](/source/Mary_Tourtel)|| ||1901
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|11||''Little People: An Alphabet''||T. W. H. Crosland||Henry Mayer||1901
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|12||''A Dog Book''||Ethel Bicknell||C. Moore Park||1902
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|13||''The Adventures of Samuel and Selina''||Jean C. Archer|| ||1902
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|14||''The Little Lost Girl''||Eleanor Raper|| ||1902
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|15||''Dollies''||Richard Hunter||Ruth Cobb||1902
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|16||''The Bad Mrs. Ginger''||[Honor C. Appleton](/source/Honor_C._Appleton)||Honor C. Appleton||1902
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|17||''Peter Piper's Practical Principles''|| || ||1902
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|18||''The Little White Barbara''||Eleanor S. March|| ||1902
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|19||''Japanese Dumpy''||Yoshio Markino||Yoshio Markino||1903
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|20||''Towlocks and His Wooden Horse''||Alice Appleton||Honor C. Appleton||1903
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|21||''The Three Little Foxes''||Mary Tourtel|| ||1903
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|22||''The Old Man's Bag''||T. W. H. Crosland||J. R. Monsell||1903
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|23||''The Three Goblins''||M. G. Taggart|| ||1903
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|24||''Dumpy Proverbs''||Honor C. Appleton||Honor C. Appleton||1903
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|25||''More Dollies''||Richard Hunter||Ruth Cobb||1903
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|26||''Little Yellow Wang-Lo''||M.C. Bell|| ||1903
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|27||''Plain Jane''||G. M. George||G. M. C. Fry||1903
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|28||''The Sooty Man''||E. B. Mackinnon and Eden Coybee|| ||1903
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|29||''Fishy Winkle''||Jean Archer||Jean Archer||1903
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|30||''Rosalina''||Jean Archer|| ||1904
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|31||''Sammy and the Snarliwink''||Lena and [Norman Ault](/source/Norman_Ault) || ||1904
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|32||''The Motor Car Dumpy book''||T. W. H. Crosland||J. R. Monsell||1904
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|33||''Irene's Christmas Party''||Richard Hunter||Ruth Cobb||1904
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|34||''The Little Soldier Book''||Jessie Pope||Henry Mayer||1907
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|35||''A Dutch Doll's Ditties''||C. Aubrey Moore|| ||1907
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|36||''Ten Little Nigger Boys''||Nora Case|| ||1907
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|37||''Humpty Dumpty's Little Son''||Helen Reid Cross|| ||1907
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|38||''Simple Simon''||Helen Reid Cross|| ||
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|39||''The Little Frenchman''||Eden Coybee||K. J. Fricero||
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|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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