Constance Elizabeth Chapman (1919-2005) was a British children's

author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...

who created a series of books based on a fictional red lorry called "Marmaduke". The series began in the 1950s. The Marmaduke books were also published in Dutch (where Marmaduke became "Marmaduk") and in Swedish (where Marmaduke became "Lastbilen Teo.")"Chapman, Elizabeth" OCLC Online Computer Library Center
/ref> (According to ''OCLC WorldCat Identities'', she is the author of "37 works in 65 publications in 3 languages and 423 library holdings.")

Titles

* ''Riding With Marmaduke''. (1955) could be an alternate title * ''Marmaduke the Lorry ' * ''Marmaduke and Joe ' * ''Adventures with Marmaduke ' * ''Merry Marmaduke ' * ''Marmaduke and His Friends ' * ''Marmaduke and the Elephant ' (1959) * ''Marmaduke And The Lambs ' * ''Marmaduke Goes to France ' * ''Marmaduke Goes to Holland ' * ''Marmaduke Goes to America 0' * ''Marmaduke Goes to Wales'' * ''Marmaduke Goes to Spain'' * ''Marmaduke Goes to Italy'' * ''Marmaduke Goes to Ireland'' * ''Marmaduke Goes to Morocco'' * ''Marmaduke Goes to Scotland'' * ''Marmaduke Goes to Switzerland'

The audio of the books was originally recorded by Kenneth Williams. They were published by

Brockhampton Press Brockhampton Press was a British publishing company, based in Leicester. Children's books Originally specialising in children's books, from about 1940, Brockhampton Press published the Asterix comic book series, many of Enid Blyton's story colle ...

Sources

Marmaduke and the elephant
amazon.co.uk 88pp.
Riding With Marmaduke
AmwellBookCompany.co.uk
Marmaduke Goes to Morocco
Hodder And Stoughton, 1979 AntiQbook (with photo)

References

1919 births 2005 deaths British women children's writers English children's writers 20th-century English women writers People from Barnsley {{UK-child-writer-stub