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Joyce Lankester Brisley

Author & Illustrator

About Joyce Lankester Brisley

Joyce Lankester Brisley was born in 1896 and studied art at Lambeth Art School. The first Milly-Molly-Mandy stories were published in 1925 in the Christian Science Monitor and a first collection of these stories was published in book form in1928. An accomplished artist as well as writer, she designed posters and book jackets as well as illustrating the work of other authors. Joyce Lankester Brisley died in 1978 but Milly-Molly-Mandy�s popularity lives on.

Joyce Lankester Brisley books

Recent updates about Joyce Lankester Brisley

National Share-a-Story Month

Who doesn't love storytime. Curl up with your kids and Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse. The perfect read for storytime! Ursula Moray Williams from Macmillan Children's Books.

16 days ago

International Day of Families

A family read...Bunchy by Joyce Lankester Brisley from Puffin 

17 days ago

International Day of Families

Milly-Molly-Mandy's Family is a great book by Joyce Lankester Brisley from Macmillan Children's Books

17 days ago

National Teacher's Day

Milly-Molly-Mandy's Schooldays by Joyce Lankester Brisley from Macmillan Children's Books - perfect for back to school today!

25 days ago

National Gardening Week (UK)

Milly-Molly-Mandy's Summer by Joyce Lankester Brisley from Macmillan Children's Books. A great outdoors read to start #NationalGardeningWeek.

1 month ago

World Circus Day

Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse by Ursula Moray Williams from Macmillan Children's Books is a really exciting read!

1 month ago

April Events

Seeing as it's Friday why not get the family weekend ready with Milly-Molly-Mandy's Family by Joyce Lankester Brisley from Macmillan Children's Books 

1 month ago

April Events

It's the end of the week, Milly-Molly-Mandy's Spring by Joyce Lankester Brisley from Macmillan Children's Books is a brilliant read to celebrate the coming weekend with!

1 month ago

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