Judith Mary Berrisford (1921–2008) was a British writer of children's pony stories[1][2] which are very similar to those of the Pullein-Thompson sisters, as well as other animal story and books on gardening.[3][4]

Berrisford was born in Fenton, Staffordshire in 1921.[5][6] She also wrote under the name Amanda Hope.

Berrisford married Clifford Lewis in 1945, with whom she wrote under the name Judith M. Berrisford.[7] As of 1974, Berrisford was living in Deganwy, Wales,[8] but moved to Ramsey, Isle of Man in 1976.[9][10] She died there in 2008, at the age of 87.[11]

Bibliography

As Judith Berrisford

Jackie books

  • Jackie Won a Pony (1958)
  • Ten Ponies and Jackie (1959)
  • Jackie's Pony Patrol (1961)
  • Jackie's Pony Camp Summer (also published as Jackie and the Pony Camp Summer) (1968)
  • Jackie and the Pony Trekkers (1971)
  • Jackie's Show Jumping Surprise (also published as Jackie's Showjumping Surprise) (1972)
  • Jackie and the Pony Boys (also published as Jackie and the Pony-Boys) (1973)
  • Jackie and the Misfit Pony (1975)
  • Jackie on Pony Island (1977)
  • Jackie and the Pony Thieves (1978)
  • Jackie and the Phantom Ponies (1979)
  • Jackie and the Moonlight Pony (1980)
  • Jackie and the Pony Rivals (1981)
  • Jackie and the Missing Showjumper (1982)
  • Change Ponies Jackie! (1983)
  • Jackie's Steeplechase Adventure (1984)

Other pony books

  • Timber - The Story of a Horse (1950)
  • Sue's Circus Horse (1951)
  • Red Rocket, Mystery Horse (1952)
  • The Ponies Next Door (1954)
  • Rustlers in the New Forest (1954)
  • Ponies All Summer (1956)
  • Pony Forest Adventure (1957)
  • A Pony in the Family (1959)
  • Trouble at Ponyways (1960)
  • A Colt In the Family (1962)
  • Nobody's Pony (1962)
  • Five Foals and Philippa (1963)
  • A Show Jumper in the Family (1964)
  • Sue's TV Pony (1964)
  • Pony-Trekkers, Go Home! (1982)
  • Sabotage at Stableways (1982)
  • Pippa's Mystery Horse (1983)
  • Too Many Ponies for Pippa (1984)
  • Pippa & The Midnight Ponies (1985)
  • The Judith Berrisford Book of Pony Care (non-fiction) (1987)


Dates unknown

  • The Pony Club Annual No 4 (contributor)

Other children's books

  • Taff the sheepdog (1949)
  • And Polar sailed too (1951)
  • Jim and Patsy on the farm (1952)
  • Joker The Foxhound (1953)
  • Son of Darky (1953)
  • Skipper - The Dog from the sea (1955)
  • Trot Home Sally (1955)
  • Game Warden's Son (1956)
  • Skipper and The Headland Four (1957)
  • A Dog called Scamp (1958)
  • Daffodil Island (1958)
  • Skipper's Exciting Summer (1959)
  • Son Of Taff (1959)
  • The Cats of Winkle Bay (1959)
  • Skipper and the Runaway Boy (1960)
  • Skipper and Son (1961)
  • SOS For Sheepdog Taff (1963)
  • Taff and the Stolen Ponies (1965)
  • The Far-from-home cats (1967)
  • Skipper To The Rescue (1977)

Gardening books

  • Irises (1961)
  • The Small Shrub Garden (also published as A Small Scrub Garden) (1961)
  • Gardening on Lime (1963)
  • Rhododendrons and Azaleas (1964)
  • The Wild Garden (1966)
  • The Very Small Garden: Unlimited Ideas for Limited Space (1968)
  • The Young Gardener (1970)
  • Window Box And Container Gardening (1974)
  • Backyards and Tiny Gardens (1976)
  • Gardening on Chalk, Lime & Clay (1978)
  • The Weekend Garden (also published as Weekend Gardener) (1978)

As Amanda Hope

  • The Pengelly Face (1977)
  • Mistress of Eden (1979)
  • Lord of Glenjerrick (1979)

Sources

  1. ↑ The Author's & Writer's Who's who. Burke's Peerage. 1971. p. xi.
  2. ↑ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 112.
  3. ↑ "Judith M. Berrisford". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Judith Berrisford". Pony Mad Book Lovers. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Wintering in the sun, to write more books". Staffordshire Sentinel. 2 October 1973. p. 3. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Berrisford, Judith Mary, 1921-". Library of Congress Linked Data Service.
  7. ↑ Carty, T. J. (2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. p. 21. ISBN 9781135955786. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Her book was born at sea". North Wales Weekly News. 7 November 1974. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Deganwy author Judith leaves her 'first love'". North Wales Weekly News. 4 November 1976. p. 19. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sentinel Comment". Staffordshire Sentinel. 2 July 1979. p. 6. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Judith Mary Berrisford-Lewis". ManxBMD. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

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