BIBLIOGRAPHY
FREELANCE ARTWORK, BOOK JACKETS & BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
1947 - 1969
PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER
Summer fading, winter comes-
Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
Window robins, winter rooks,
And the picture story-books.
Water now is turned to stone
Nurse and I can walk upon;
Still we find the flowing rooks,
In the picture story-books.
All the pretty things put by,
Wait upon the children’s eye,
Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,
In the picture story books.
We may see how all things are,
Seas and cities, near and far,
And the flying fairies’ looks,
In the picture story books.
How am I to sing your praise,
Happy chimney-corner days,
Sitting safe in nursery nooks,
Reading picture story-books ?
from A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES 1966
The Barnsley Chronicle Portraits of retired miners 1947
New Phineas Magazine University College London 1951
Daffodil Sky Short stories by H. E. Bates, Michael Joseph 1955
The Chrysalids John Wyndham, Michael Joseph 1955
Cork and the Serpent Macdonald Hastings, Michael Joseph 1955
Counterfeit Sonia Cole, John Murray 1955
Fellow Passenger Geoffrey Household, Michael Joseph 1955
Himalayan Barbary Christophe von Furer-Haimendorf, John Murray 1955
The Mindworm and Other Stories C. M. Kornbluth, Michael Joseph 1955
White August John Boland, Michael Joseph 1955
The Year of the Comet John Christopher, Michael Joseph 1955
The Brave Page R. C. Scriven, E. Arnold 1956
Juniper and the General James Norman, Michael Joseph 1956
Rachel Joanna Richardson, Max Reinhardt 1956
Saints of Sind Peter Mayne, John Murray 1956
The Sleepless Moon H. E. Bates, Michael Joseph 1956
Hunt for the Yule Log Carol McAfee, Morgan Abelard-Schuman 1957
Crossroads of the Zuider Zee Hendrik de Leeuw, Arco Publications Ltd 1957
Facts of Life for Teenagers Evelyn Millis Duval, Arco Publications 1957. Polish and Shine Gwynedd Lloyd, National Federation of Women’s Institutes 1957
The Baron’s Sword Kenneth Rudge, Hamish Hamilton 1958
Come into the Sunlight; The Story of my Edwardian Mother Nerina Shute, Jarrolds Publishers 1958
Down to the Sea in Ships Ursula Bloom, Hutchinson 1958 With a King in the Clouds Erika Leuchtag, Hutchinson 1958. The Barque of the Brothers Hans Baumann, Oxford University Press 1958
Two Boys on Two Wheels Kenneth Rudge, Hamish Hamilton 1958
Indian Delight R. J. McGregor, University of London Press Ltd 1958
Prince of the Jungle René Guillot, Oxford University Press 1958
Singing Together BBC Broadcasting 1958
The Call of the Bush Mary Elwyn Patchett, Lutterworth Press 1959
The Daffodil Bird Ruth Tomalin, Faber & Faber 1959
High Sang the Sword Eileen O’Faolàin, Oxford University Press 1959
The McNeills at Rathcapple Meta Mayne Reid, Faber & Faber 1959
The Story of Jesus Eleanor Graham, Penguin Books 1959, 1960, 1971
The Bonny Pit Laddie Frederick Grice, Oxford University Press 1960
Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Andersen, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1960
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1960
Brazilian Paradise Guy Walmisley-Dresser, Lutterworth Press 1960
The Saga of Asgard Roger Lancelyn Green, Penguin Books 1960
Republished as Myths of the Norsemen Bodley Head 1962
Tangara Nan Chauncy, Oxford University Press 1960
Calendar Great characters from European literature 1961
Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1961
The Diary of Fanny Burney Frances Burney, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1961
Dubliners James Joyce, Penguin 1961
The Holy Sinner Thomas Mann, Penguin Books 1961
The Knights of King Midas Paul Berna, Bodley Head 1961
Landslide! Véronique Day, Bodley Head 1961
The Pinto Horse Charles Elliot Perkins, André Deutsch 1961
The Road to Agra Aimée Sommerfelt, University of London Press Ltd 1961
Sierra Summer Jeanne Loisy, Georges G. Harrap 1961.
The Town Across the Water Madeleine Polland, Constable 1961
Tales From the Arabian Nights Introduction by E. O. Lorimer, Oxford University Press 1961
The Newcomes Volumes 1 & 2, W. M. Thackeray, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1962
The Age of Louis XIV Voltaire, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1962
Roderick Random Tobias Smollett, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1962
The Challenge Poul E. Knudsen, Methuen 1962
Rhythm and Melody BBC broadcasts to schools, summer 1962
Enjoy These Stories 4 Volumes chosen by Cedric Austin, Ginn 1962
The Boy and His Friend the Blizzard Gregory Marton, Jonathan Cape 1962
Appointment With Venus Jerrard Tickell, University of London Press Ltd 1962
The Deserter Giuseppe Dessi, Harvill Press 1962
Folco et Crin-Blanc Albert Lamorisse & D. Colomb de Daunant, Methuen & Co 1962
The Jumping Lions of Borneo J. W. Dunne, Faber & Faber 1962
The Key of the Kingdom: Poetry Three Anthology chosen by Raymond O’Malley & Denys Thompson, Chatto & Windus 1962
Penguin Books Classified List Penguin Books 1962
The Warrior’s Treasure R. J. McGregor, University of London Press Ltd 1962
BBC Music for Schools, Rhythm and Melody BBC Broadcasts to Schools, summer term 1962
Follow my Black Plume Geoffrey Trease, Macmillan and Co Ltd 1963
Happily Ever After: Poems for Children Ian Serraillier, Oxford University Press 1963
Sara Crewe Frances Hodgson Burnett, Scholastic Book Services 1963
Tomorrow Will Be Better Betty Wehner Smith, Collins-Harvill 1963
The Watchers Charlotte Morrow, Hutchinson 1963
Fifer for the Union Lorenzo Allen, William Morrow Junior Books 1964.
The Iron Charm Joanne S. Williamson, Alfred A. Knopf 1964
The Professor Charlotte Brontë, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1964
A Thousand for Sicily Geoffrey Trease, Macmillan 1964
The Facts of English Ronald Ridout & Clifford Witting, Ginn & Co Ltd 1964
Miscellany One Edited by Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press 1964
Havelok the Dane Kevin Crossley-Holland, E. P. Dutton & Co 1965
Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens, Ginn & Co Ltd 1965
The Fifth of November L. A. G. Strong, Hamish Hamilton 1965
The Queen’s Brooch Henry Treece, Hamish Hamilton 1966
Come Reading Edward Blishen, Michael Joseph 1967
The Oxford Illustrated Old Testament Volumes 2 & 5, Oxford University Press 1968 & 1969
Ahmed, Prince of Ashira Alan Wildsmith, André Deutsch 1969
They Didn’t Come Back Paul Berna, Bodley Head 1969
PICTURE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1962 - 2019
Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
And if the bowl had been stronger,
My tale had been longer.
from MOTHER GOOSE 1964
ABC 1962
The Oxford Book of Poetry 1963
The Lion and the Rat 1963
The North Wind and the Sun 1964
Mother Goose 1964
The Rich Man and the Shoemaker 1965
123 1965
A Child’s Garden of Verses 1966
The Hare and the Tortoise 1966
Birds 1967
Wild Animals 1967
Fishes 1968
The Bible Story 1968
The Miller, the Boy and the Donkey 1969
Circus 1970
Puzzles 1970
The Owl and the Woodpecker 1971
The Twelve Days of Christmas 1972
The Little Wood Duck 1972
The Lazy Bear 1973
Squirrels 1974
Python’s Party 1974
Blue Bird 1976
The True Cross 1977
What the Moon Saw 1978
Hunter and his Dog 1979
Animal Games 1980
Animal Homes 1980
Animal Seasons 1980
Animal Shapes 1980
Animal Tricks 1980
Professor Noah’s Spaceship 1980
Bear’s Adventure 1981
Cat on the Mat 1982
The Trunk 1982
Pelican 1982
All Fall Down 1983
Apple Bird 1983
The Nest 1983
The Island 1983
Daisy 1984
Toot, Toot 1984
Whose Shoes? 1984
Give a Dog a Bone 1985
Goat’s Trail 1986
My Dream 1986
What a Tale 1986
If I Were You 1987
Giddy Up 1987
Carousel 1988
A Christmas Story 1989
The Snow Country Prince 1990
The Cherry Tree 1991
The Princess and the Moon 1991
Over the Deep Blue Sea 1992
The Easter Story 1993
The Tunnel 1993
Noah’s Ark 1994
Saint Francis 1995
The Creation 1995
Katie and the Dream-Eater 1996
Joseph 1997
Amazing World of Words 1997
Exodus 1998 republished as Moses 1998
The Bremen Town Band 1999
The Seven Ravens 2000
Jesus 2000
My Flower 2000
How Many? 2000
If Only 2000
Not Here 2000
Can You Do This? 2000
Knock, Knock 2000
Mary 2002
The Road to Bethlehem 2003 republished as A Christmas Journey 2007
Animal Gallery compilation of Birds, Wild Animals & Fishes 2008
BW’s Favourite Fables compilation of The Lion and the Rat, The North Wind and the Sun, The Rich Man and the Shoemaker, The Hare and the Tortoise & The Miller, the Boy and the Donkey 2008
BW’s Favourite Nursery Rhymes a reissue of Mother Goose 2009
Cat on the Mat and Friends 2011
CLOTH-BOUND SPECIAL EDITIONS
A Christmas Story 2018
The Twelve Days of Christmas 2018
The Easter Story 2019
ILLUSTRATION WORK COMMISSIONED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Twinkle, Twinkle, Chocolate Bar - Rhymes For the Very Young Compiled by John Foster, three illustrated poems by Brian Wildsmith 1991
COLLABORATIVE BOOKS WITH REBECCA WILDSMITH
1993 - 1996
Look Closer 1993
Whose Hat Was That? 1993
Wake Up, Wake Up! 1993
What did I find? 1993
Jack and the Meanstalk 1994
Tug, Tug 1996
Footprints in the Snow 1996
TO ANY READER
As from the house your mother sees
You playing round the garden trees,
So you may see, if you will look
Through the windows of this book,
Another child, far, far away,
And in another garden, play.
But do not think you can at all,
By knocking on the window, call
That child to hear you. He intent
Is all on his play-business bent.
He does not hear; he will not look,
Nor yet be lured out of his book.
For, long ago, the truth to say,
He has grown up and gone away,
And it is but a child of air
That lingers in the garden there.
From A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES 1966
TITLES PUBLISHED BY STAR BRIGHT BOOKS, USA
Brian Wildsmith’s ABC 1996
Brian Wildsmith’s Opposites 1996
Brian Wildsmith’s Animals to Count 1996
Brian Wildsmith’s Animal Colors 2001
Brian Wildsmith’s Zoo Animals 2003
Brian Wildsmith’s Farm Animals 2007
Amazing Animal Alphabet 2009
The Little Wood Duck 2007
The Owl and the Woodpecker 2007
Professor Noah’s Spaceship 2008
A Child’s Garden of Verses 2008
Hunter and his Dog 2008
The Bremen Town Musicians 2012
Daisy 2018
Bear’s Adventure 2018
Brian Wildsmith’s Illustrated Bible Stories 2022
PUBLISHED BY EGMONT, UK
Python’s Party republished as Jungle Party 2006