Nutchen of the Forest by Peg Maltby
Nutchen of the Forest by Peg Maltby
Nutchen of the Forest by Peg Maltby
Nutchen of the Forest by Peg Maltby

Nutchen of the Forest by Peg Maltby

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Nutchen was over by all the creatures of the woodland. She lived in a tiny stone cottage in a forest clearing with the many birds and animals she had adopted as pets - Frippy the rabbit, Chips the squirrel, Too-hoo the wise old owl, and many more. Twice a year the gipsies came to the forest to buy the healing medicines and saves Nutchen made. Their coming aways meant many busy hours for Nutchen and her pets. But this particular visit was to be even more eventful than usual!

A charming story, first published many years ago, and now adapted and re-issued for the young people of a new generation. The inimitable Peg Maltby's new illustrations in colour and monotone will delight people of all ages. 

Edition: Sydney, Melbourne: August & Robertson Publishers, 1977.
Condition: Good condition but there is a tear to the dust jacket 
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket 
Age: 5+

Peg Maltby was an English-born Australian book illustrator and children's writer. She is best known for Peg's Fairy Book, first published in 1944, which sold more than 180,000 copies in the 1940s and 1950s.

Maltby held several exhibitions of her artwork, including at Newman's Gallery in Melbourne in 1934, where it was reported that her pen and colour drawings were in the style of Arthur Rackham and The Bulletin's art critic wrote that she "has the needful imagination to work out dainty scenes as acceptable to adults as to children and swing back the mature cynic to his infantile faith in fairies".

In the 1950s Maltby's book sales were impacted by imported publications, so she and her husband opened Santa's Workshop and a Fairyland Emporium in her studio at Olinda, Victoria. Over 6,000 children and adults had visited the displays of paintings and dioramas by December 1954.

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Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the photo accurately depicts the condition of the book, the colour and imperfections may vary slightly from the images.

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