Monica Edwards Bibliography 5

The Hoodwinkers
Collins, London, 1962, illus Geoffrey Whittam
Children’s Book Club, 1962
Girls Gone By, Bath, 2008

Jim Decks is up to no good again, and the four decide to woo him away from swizzling
Americans with tales of his boat belonging to William the Conqueror by persuading him
to take  trippers out to see the ruins of the drowned village of Winklesea.  This would be
a lot easier, however, if Jim’s boat had an engine.

The Outsider

Collins, London, 1961, illus Geoffrey Whittam
Children’s Book Club, 1962
Armada, pb, 1969

The Romney Marsh people come to stay at the Punchbowl. A wild deer
has found its way in to the Punchbowl Jersey herd, and they have to try
and catch it, but it is not easy.

 

No Going Back
Collins, London, 1960, illus Geoffrey Whittam, 192 pp.
Collins Evergreen, 1966
Girls Gone By, 2008

This is the story in which Tamzin and Meryon’s relationship takes a step
forward. Rissa finds this hard to handle, as they are drawn into Jim Deck’s
latest misdeeds.

The Cownappers
Collins, London, 1958,  illus Geoffrey Whittam
Armada, pb, 1964

The Punchbowl Family have a paying guest called Jewel (Bijou de la Couronne) - a cow who is
almost black.  It turns out she has been cownapped from France, and the Thorntons end up
tracking down her rightful owner and returning her via Westling and Jim Deck’s fishing smack in
a strictly illegal cross channel voyage.

Killer Dog
Collins, London, 1959, illus Sheila Rose
Children’s Book Club, 1961
Portway Junior Reprints, 1971

This is set on Romney Marsh, but isn’t a Tamzin story.  A killer dog is attacking the local sheep, and
suspicion falls on two dogs:  Glen, and Lion.  The Hawkes family are determined to prove Glen is
innocent, and wait out on the Marsh to try and discover which dog is the attacker.

Under the Rose
Collins, London, 1968, illus Richard Kennedy

Children’s Book Club, 1968

Bruce is the only one who can manage a dangerous stallion, and when it looks as if Bruce will be charged with
murder, he flees, taking the stallion with him. He finds sanctuary at a deserted country house, where four children
find him.  Then the mysterious boy Charles appears, with a strange story of hunting for his real mother and
father.

Fire in the Punchbowl
Collins, London, 1965,  illus Geoffrey Whittam

Collins, London, 1969, Evergreen Lib, 190 pp.
Jacket Eileen Wlaton
Children’s Book Club, 1965
Armada, pb, 1967
Collins Evergreen, 1969

Roger and Rissa are staying.  There is a heatwave and
a fire starts in the Punchbowl.  Soon the farm itself, as
well as the animals, are threatened.  The relationship
between Roger and Lindsay moves on.
 

The Wild One
Collins, London, 1967, illus Geoffrey Whittam

Girls Gone By, 2010

Lindsay and Roger are together for the holidays in this last of the Punchbowl Farm series.  The
pug marks of a puma are found around the Punchbowl, and this seems a threat to their livestock.
Lindsay finds the puma cub after its mother has been shot and is determined to save it.  This
story confirms the relationship between Lindsay and Roger, but she makes tremendous demands
on him in her quest to look after the wild cat.

Dolphin Summer
Collins, London, 1963, illus Geoffrey Whittam
Children’s Book Club, 1963
Armada, pb, 1966

A dolphin rescues Tamzin when she gets into trouble on a midnight swim
and she is sure it is the same one who turns up on near the beach. Then
the papers get to hear of the dolphin, and that brings yet more unwelcome
interest in the shape of people who want to capture her for an aqua circus.
 

A Wind is Blowing

Collins, London, 1969. Cover Alex Jawdokimov

Girls Gone By, Bath, 2009, pb.

Meryon intervenes in a robbery, with catastrophic consequences, as he is blinded.  Meryon
resents his blindness bitterly, and it threatens his relationship with Tamzin.  She fights back, and
starts a tape correspondence with him, and together they train a guide dog, though at last there
is hope in the shape of an operation in Spain.

Short Stories:

Sure Magic, illus Raymond Sheppard,
Pony Club Annual no. 6
t’s sure magic, to wish where a foal has been born.  Paul finds the place where Calluna’s
foal has been born, and finds something very unexpected indeed.  
 

The Great Horse, illus William Stobbs
Pony Club Annual, no 11
An historical story, telling the story of a horse during the Civil War.

And also:
(summarised from John Allsupp’s website)
The Irresponsible Rescue, illus Anne Bullen
Collins Magazine, 1948, reprinted in Collins Annual

Serena Bathover’s Horses, illus Molly Wilson
Collins Magazine, 1948, reprinted Collins Magazine Annual, 1949

The Horse That Came From the Sea
in By Special Request, ed Noel Streatfeild, Collins, 1953

A Sort of Miracle, illus Sheila Rose
Collins Children’s Annual, 1952

The Champions, illus James Hunt
Wilfred Pickles Gift Book, Chambers, 1959

Bird in the Hand
Collins Children’s Annual, 1959

Such a Pony was Gipsy, illus Maurice Tulloch
Collins Children’s Annual, 1953

The Telegram, illus Sheila Rose
Collins Girls’ Annual, 1955 & Crackerjack Book for Girls

Caesar’s Fire, illus Eric Wade
Collins Children’s Annual, 1963

Non Fiction

The Unsought Farm (Michael Joseph, 1954)

The Cats of Punchbowl Farm (Michael Joseph, 1964)

The Badgers of Punchbowl Farm (Michael Joseph, 1966)

The Valley and the Farm (Michael Joseph, 1971)

Badger Valley (Michael Joseph, 1976)