Barbara C. Freeman facts for kids
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Barbara Constance Freeman
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| Born | 29 November 1906 Ealing, United Kingdom
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| Died | 1999 Surbiton, United Kingdom
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| Nationality | British |
| Education | Kingston School of Art |
| Known for | Illustration |
Barbara Constance Freeman (born November 29, 1906 – died 1999) was a talented English writer and artist. She created many wonderful books for children and young adults.
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About Barbara Constance Freeman
Barbara Constance Freeman was born in 1906 in Ealing, a town near London. She went to Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston upon Thames. Later, she studied art at the Kingston School of Art. This is where she learned many of the skills she would use in her career.
Her Work as an Illustrator
Barbara Freeman started her career by drawing pictures for other writers' books. She illustrated many fairy tale collections. These included classic stories by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. She also drew for modern fairy tales. One of her first illustration jobs was for The Cuckoo Book in 1942. This book was a collection of fairy tales by Edith Mary Bell.
She also drew for popular children's comics like Playhour. You could also find her art in yearly collections called annuals. An example is Blackie's Children's Annual 1934.
Writing Her Own Stories
By the 1960s, Barbara Freeman began to write her own books. She also illustrated them herself! Her stories often included a touch of magic and fantasy.
For example, in her book Two-Thumb Thomas, the main character is a boy raised by school cats. In Broom-Adelaide, a clever fox rides a flying broomstick. Some of her other books, like Lucinda and The Name on the Glass, take place in the past. In stories such as A Book by Georgina and The Other Face, the characters' lives are connected to historical events.
Her books were loved by many young readers.
List of Her Books
Here are some of the books Barbara Constance Freeman wrote and illustrated:
- Two-Thumb Thomas (1961)
- A Book by Georgina (1962)
- Broom-Adelaide (1963)
- The Name on the Glass (1964)
- Lucinda (1965)
- The Forgotten Theatre (1967)
- Tobias (1967)
- Timi, the Tale of a Griffin (1970)
- The Other Face (1975)
- A Haunting Air (1977)
- A Pocket of Silence (1977)
- The Summer Travellers (1978)
- Snow in the Maze (1979)
- Clemency in the Moonlight (1981)
