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B.B.

Born

in Lamport, Northamptonshire , The United Kingdom

July 25, 1905

Died

September 08, 1990

Website

http://www.welford.org/bb.htm

Genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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See also Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE was a British naturalist, children's writer, and illustrator who wrote under the pseudonym "BB" and also used D.J. Watkins-Pitchford.

Denys Watkins-Pitchford was born in Lamport, Northamptonshire on the 25th July 1905. He was the second son of the Revd. Walter Watkins-Pitchford and his wife, Edith. His elder brother, Engel, died at the age of thirteen. Denys was himself considered to be delicate as a child, and because of this was educated at home, while his younger twin, Roger, was sent away to school. He spent a great deal of time on his own, wandering through the fields, and developed a love of the outdoors, which was to influence his writing. He had a great love of the out ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 2,920 ratings · 313 reviews · 192 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Little Grey Men 4.12 avg rating — 1,664 ratings — published 1942 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brendon Chase by B.B., Denys Watkins-Pitchford (Illustrator), Philip Pullman (Foreword) 4.34 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1944 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down the Bright Stream 4.24 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 1948 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forest of Boland Light Railway by B.B., Denys Watkins-Pitchford (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1955 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord of the Forest 4.54 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizard of Boland 3.72 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1959 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bill Badger and the 'Wandering Wind' by B.B., Denys Watkins-Pitchford (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of a Carp Fisher 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fisherman's Bedside Book 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1946 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Child Alone: The Memoirs Of "B.B."; Illustrated By D. J. Watkins Pitchford 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It's always the same when I feel the autumn coming. I want to be up and away somewhere, over the hills and far away.”
― B.B., Down the Bright Stream

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“The wonder of the world
The beauty and the power,
The shapes of things,
Their colours, lights and shades,
These I saw.
Look ye also while life lasts.”
― B.B.

tags: beauty-in-nature, death, life

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“I have come back once more to you all … once more … ‘ Pan paused, and in the silence not a foot moved or a wing rustled, ‘and then I shall indeed be gone until that day when we shall all return, yes, all, gnomes and wild forgotten things alike, to the land where once we lived.”
― B.B., The Little Grey Men

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