Ursula Williams

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A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

Gobbolino the Witch's Cat

Goodnight Mister Tom

Green Smoke

Charlotte's Web

Sword of Fire

Finn Family Moomintroll

Comet in Moominland

The Exploits of Moominpappa

Moominsummer Madness

Moominland Midwinter

Tales from Moominvalley

Moominpappa at Sea

Moominvalley in November

Laughter is an Egg

Tales from Watership Down

The Whale Rider

Chinese Cinderella

45th Anniversary Edition

The Neverending Story

Watership Down

Stig of the Dump

The Little Prince

Bogwoppit

The Cove

Anxietyland

A Taste For Murder

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Fight or Flight (Book 21)

When Aunt Lily marries the lodger and goes to America, orphaned Samantha is packed off to her Aunt Daisy, who lives in a grand house at the Park. Snooty Lady Daisy Clandorris has no time for children. Lucky for Samantha, then, to discover the small, furry creature living in the cellar; a bogwoppit - believed extinct - up till now...

THE BOGWOPPIT is a light-hearted, lively story, brilliantly told by Ursula Moray Williams, author of GOBBOLINO (also available in A Puffin Book series). 
When Aunt Lily marries the lodger and goes to America, orphaned Samantha is packed off to her Aunt Daisy, who lives in a grand house at the Park. Snooty Lady Daisy Clandorris has no time for children. Lucky for Samantha, then, to discover the small, furry creature living in the cellar; a bogwoppit - believed extinct - up till now...

Ursula Moray Williams was born on 19 April 1911 at Petersfield, Hampshire, ten minutes after her twin sister, Barbara. She wrote and illustrated over sixty books for children with the most notable being Gobbolino the Witch's Cat and The Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse. As well as writing, she became involved in local life around the village of Beckford, where she and her family lived, organizing children's parties, and serving as a magistrate. After her husband's death in 1974, Ursula Moray Williams remained active, writing, gardening, giving talks and visiting her family in various parts of the world. She died in October 2006.

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