Ann Philippa Pearce OBE (b. Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 23 January 1920; d. Durham, 21 December 2006) was an English children's author. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... Great Shelford is a village located to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham in North East England. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate... Basic Characteristics There is some debate as to what constitutes childrens literature. ...

Born in 1920, the youngest of four children, she was brought up in the Mill House in the village of Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. Starting school late at the age of eight because of illness, she went to the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, and went on to Girton College, Cambridge, after winning scholarship to read English and History there. 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Great Shelford is a village located to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... The Perse School for Girls is an independent, fee-paying day school for girls aged 7–18 situated near the centre of Cambridge, England. ... Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... Full name Girton College Motto - Better is wisdom than weapons of war (Alumni) Named after Girton Village Previous names The College for Women (1869), Girton College (1872) Established 1869 Sister College(s) Somerville College Mistress Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 503 Postgraduates 201 Homepage Boatclub Girton College... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...

After gaining her degree, she left university and moved to London were she found work as a civil servant before beginning writing and producing schools radio programmes for the BBC, where she remained for thirteen years, from 1958 to 1960 she was children’s editor at the Oxford University Press and then, 1960 to 1967 at the Andre Deutsch publishing house. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... For other uses, see Radio (disambiguation). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion (US$7. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Andre Deutsch (1917–2000) was a 20th century British publisher. ...

She married Martin Christie in 1962, who never having fully recovered from being a Japanese prisoner of war, died two years later, shortly after the birth of their only child, Sally, who was to become a children author herself. From 1973 until she died from complications of a stroke in 2006, the author lived once again in Great Shelford, down the same lane where she was brought up. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Great Shelford is a village located to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. ...

Writing Career

In 1951 she spent a long while in hospital, recovering from tuberculosis during this stay she passed the time thinking about a canoe trip she had taken many years before, this was the inspiration for her first book, Minnow on the Say, published in 1955. Like several of her subsequent books, it was inspired very clearly by the area where she had been raised, with the villages of Great and Little Shelford becoming Great and Little Barley, Cambridge becoming "Castleford" (nothing to do with the real town of the same name in West Yorkshire) and losing its university, and the River Cam becoming the River Say. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease that is caused by mycobacteria, primarily Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... A chained book in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side, and within protective covers. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Her next and most famous book, Tom's Midnight Garden (1958), has become one of the classic "time stories", inspiring a film, a stage play, and three TV versions. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1959. The "midnight garden" was, in fact, based directly on the garden of the Mill House where she had grown up. She wrote over 30 books, including A Dog So Small (1962), The Battle of Bubble and Squeak (1978) and The Way To Sattin Shore (1983). The Battle of Bubble and Squeak inspired a two part television adaptation in Channel 4's Talk, Write and Read series of Educational programming. Toms Midnight Garden is a childrens novel by Philippa Pearce. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... A stage play is a dramatic work intended for performance before a live audience, or a performance of such a work. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Although not a prolific author of full-length books, Philippa Pearce continued to work over the decades, speaking at conferences, editing anthologies and writing short stories, as well as attending a reception for children's authors at Number 10 Downing Street - the London home of the British Prime Minister - in 2002. A Business conference is an event organized by an association, inividual, publication or private company for the purpose of networking, education or to discuss a business topic. ... ANThology is the first major label album by Alien Ant Farm. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney stand in front of the famous main door to Number 10. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

In 2004 she published her first new full-length book for two decades, The Little Gentleman. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Nettell, Stephanie. "Philippa Pearce", The Guardian, 2 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-02. 
• Tucker, Nicholas. "Philippa Pearce (obituary)", The Independent, 23 December 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.