2. Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter
Was born on the 28
of July in Kensington,
London. A great
writer, illustrator,
scientist.
Loved natural world.
Published 23 books.
The most notable is
Peter Rabbit
3.
Peter Rabbit
A white Rabbit
4. Roald Dahl
Dahl was born in1916 in
Cardiff, Wales.
A great novelist, poet,
screenwriter.
Wrote children`s
literature, horror,
mystery, fantasy.
Died in 1990 in Oxford.
5.
6. Alan Alexander Milne
Alan Alexander Milne was
born in London on January
18, 1882 in the family of a
schoolmaster.
In 1926 he wrote the tale
Winnie- the-Pooh and
devoted it to his son.
He was a great novelist,
playwright and poet.
Died in 1953.
7.
8. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Pen- name – Lewis Carroll
Born in1832 in Cheshire,
England
Author, mathematician,
artist
Wrote :
Children` literature
Fantasy
Logic
Notable works:
Alice in Wonderland
The hunting of the shark
9.
10. Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe was born in 1660
in London, England. He became
a merchant. He was also a
prolific political pamphleteer.
Later he turned his pen to
fiction and wrote Robinson
Crusoe, one of the most widely
read and influential novels of all
time. Defoe died in 1731.
11.
12. Joseph Rudyard
Kipling
Kipling was born in1865
in Bombey India.
A great English writer, poet, novelist.
Got the Nobel prize in 1907.
The most famous book “ Jungle
Book” was written in1894.
Died in1936 in London.
13.
14. Oscar Wild
Oscar Wild was born in
Dublin
Northern Ireland in 1854-
1900.
He studied in a royal
school in Dublin
Wild graduated from
Trinity
college and
Cambridge university.
The most notable tales:
Happy Prince
A Star boy
15.
16. Donald Bassett
Bassett was born in 1910 in England.
He wrote stories for children for TV
and radio programs.
He was an actor and sounded his
tales himself. The most popular are:
17. Mr. Milaca, Lazy Jack,
The lost birthday.
A girl and a dragon.
Mice on the Moon
18. Pamela Travers
British author P. L. Travers
(1899–1996). She was best
known for her book Mary
Poppins and its sequels. This
fantasy, about a nanny with
magical powers, became one
of the great publishing
successes of the twentieth
century.
19.
20. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens is one of the best
English writers. He was born on 7
February 1812.
His masterpieces are: "Oliver Twist",
"David Copperfield", "Little Dorritt". All
his writings, whether sad or happy,
serious or gay are about ordinary
people whose life he knew very well.
21.
22. James Barry
1890-1937
Was born in Scotland in a poor
family of a weaver.
Graduated from Edinburgh
university.
A great Scottish playwright and
novelist.
The author of the tale Peter Pan
( 1904)
23.
24. Jonathan Swift
1667-1745
Was born in Ireland,
Dublin.
Was the dean in
Saint Patrick Cathedral.
A great satirical writer.
Interested in politics .
The most famous book
for children was
Gulliver`s Travels
25.
26. John Ronald Tolkien
1892-1973
Graduated from Oxford university.
Worked as a professor in the
university.
A great writer, linguist, philologist.
Notable works:
The Lord of the rings (1954-1955)
The Hobbit (1937)
The main characters: elves,
dwarves, trolls, goblins.
27.
28. Eleanor Farjeon
1881-1968
Her father was a writer.
She got H.Ch. Anderson`prize
For her book “A small library”
Popular tales:
The tale of Tom Tiddler
Nut and May
The 7th princess
The glass slipper
29.
30. English folk tales
• The three little pigs
• Jack and the beansteak
• Lazy Jack
• The fish and the ring
• The cock, the Mouse and the little Red Hen
• Robin Hood
• Red Riding Hood
• Silly Jack
• Many of them were translated by a Russian poet
Marshak