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Sunny Stories
''Sunny Stories'' was a children's magazine published by George Newnes Ltd in the United Kingdom in the first half of the 20th century. It began as ''Sunny Stories for Little Folk'' in 1926 and was edited and written by Enid Blyton although she was only credited as the editor. Owing to Blyton's increasing popularity during the 1930s the magazine was renamed ''Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories'' in January 1937 and began serving as a vehicle for Blyton's books, which appeared as serials. Copies were sold for 2d (two pence). ''Sunny Stories for Little Folk'' ran for 250 issues between July 1926 and November 1936. The magazine was started as a weekly, but its frequency was switched to fortnightly from issue 272. With the renaming in 1937 to ''Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories'', the magazine began featuring serials of her novels starting with ''The Adventures of the Wishing Chair'', which was published properly at the end of the year. Blyton ceased contributing in 1953 with issue 553, going on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Newnes Ltd
George Newnes Ltd is a British publisher. The company was founded in 1891 by George Newnes (1851–1910), considered a founding father of popular journalism. Newnes published such magazines and periodicals as ''Tit-Bits'', ''The Wide World Magazine'', '' The Captain'', ''The Strand Magazine'', ''The Grand Magazine'', ''John O'London's Weekly'', '' Sunny Stories for Little Folk'', ''Woman's Own'', and the ''"Practical"'' line of magazines overseen by editor Frederick J. Camm. Long after the founder's death, Newnes was known for publishing ground-breaking consumer magazines such as ''Nova''. Newnes published books by such authors as Enid Blyton, Hall Caine, Richmal Crompton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Goodchild, W. E. Johns, P. G. Wodehouse, and John Wyndham. Initially an independent publisher, Newnes became an imprint of the International Publishing Company in 1961. Today, books under the Newnes imprint continue to be published by Elsevier. History Origins Founder George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |