Oxford Children's Library Explained

The Oxford Children's Library was a reprint series of children's books published by the Oxford University Press from 1958 to 1974.

The series was announced "not so much as an invasion of the cheap market but as a lifeline thrown out to save a number of books (most of them post-war publications) from going prematurely out of print: those books that have proved themselves already at a higher price but can only now be reprinted in a normal sized edition at a price that would be prohibitive"[1]

List of titles in the series

Number Author Year Title Illustrator
11958 The Old Gang
21958 Child of China. Translated by E. F. Peeler Walter Holz
31958 The Ship Aground C. Walter Hodges
41958The Queen Elizabeth Story C. Walter Hodges
51958 They Found a Cave
61958 World's End was Home
71958 Aztec Gold P. A. Jobson
81958 Follow the Footprints Shirley Hughes
91958 Cop Shooter Dorothy Fitch
101958 Darkie and Co. Norman Hepple
111958 The Gauntlet T. R. Freeman
121958 The Forest is my Kingdom
131958 The Heir of Craigs
141958 Shifta! Joan Kiddell-Monroe
151958 The World Upside Down Shirley Hughes
161958 The Adventures of Chunky George Downs
171959 Prelude Anna Zinkeisen
181959 The Treasure of the Isle of Mist
19The Little Duke Jennifer Miles
20Simon Richard Kennedy
211959 The Valiant Sailor Neville Dear
221959 The Lark in the Morn T. R. Freeman
231961 Ambari! Joan Kiddell-Monroe
241961 Brother Dusty-Feet C. Walter Hodges
251962 A Swarm in May
261962 Candidate for Fame Peggy Fortnum
271962 The Armourer's House C. Walter Hodges
281962 The Glass Slipper Ernest H. Shepard
291963 Rosamond Fane Heather Standring
30The Wind of Chance. Translated by Norman Dale Pierre Collot
311963 The Wonderful Lamp. Translated by E. M. Prince. Felix Hoffmann
321965 Rough Water Margery Gill
331965 Underground Alley Marcia Lane Foster
34The Ship That Flew
351965 Painted Ports C. Walter Hodges
36The Sea Rover
37The Gentle Falcon
381966 The Bonny Pit Laddie Brian Wildsmith
391966 Sama. Translated by Gwen Marsh. Joan Kiddell-Monroe
401967 Animal Stories Annette Macarthur-Onslow
411967 The Islanders
42Kpo the Leopard. Translated by Gwen Marsh. Joan Kiddell-Monroe
431967 Circus Boy Annette Macarthur-Onslow
44Gold in the Taiga
45Companions of Fortune
461967 Lynton Lamb
471968 Prince of the Jungle. Translated by Brian Rhys. Brian Wildsmith
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491968 The Latchkey Children Charles Keeping
501968 Quetzal Quest Antonio Sotomayor
51For the King William Stobbs
52The Great Gale Joan Kiddell-Monroe
53Escape from France William Stobbs
54Master of the Elephants. Translated by Barbara Seccombe. Victor G. Ambrus
551969 Captain of Foot William Stobbs
561969 The Silver Curlew Ernest H. Shepard
581970 Ballerina Dusan Ristic
591970 The Grange at High Force William Papas
601970 The Lark on the Wing T. R. Freeman
611970 The bronze chrysanthemum Shirley Hughes
621970 The Barque of the Brothers. Translated by Florence McHugh Ulrik Schramm
631970 Timpetill. Translated by R. P. Aston. Richard Kennedy
641974 Minnow on the Say Edward Ardizzone
651974 Captain of Dragoons William Stobbs
661974 Knight's Fee Charles Keeping

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Notes and References

  1. Bookseller: The Organ of the Book Trade, Issues 2750–2766, 1958, p.1206