Iona Opie (1923–2017)
Forfatter af My Very First Mother Goose
Om forfatteren
Iona Margaret Opie was born on October 13, 1923. During World War II, she made meteorological maps in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She married Peter Opie in 1943. Together they collected children's rhymes, riddles, and street culture. Their books included I Saw Esau, The Oxford Dictionary of vis mere Nursery Rhymes, The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, Children's Games in Street and Playground, and The Classic Fairy Tales. After her husband's death in 1982, she continued the work alone. Her books included The People in the Playground, Tail Feathers from Mother Goose, Here Comes Mother Goose, A Dictionary of Superstitions, and Children's Games with Things. Her son Robert collaborated with her on The Treasures of Childhood. She was made CBE in 1999. She died on October 23, 2017 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Several works by the husband-and-wife team of Iona and Peter Opie are listed additionally and/or separately on LT under their individual names.
Serier
Værker af Iona Opie
Children's Games in Street and Playground: Hunting, Racing, Duelling, Exerting, Daring, Guessing, Acting, Pretending (2008) 4 eksemplarer
Nursery Rhymes 3 eksemplarer
Discovery packs of learning preschool Mother Goose 3 eksemplarer
Children's Games in Street and Playground, Volume 1: Chasing, Catching, Seeking (2008) 3 eksemplarer
Christmas party games [by Iona and Peter Opie 2 eksemplarer
Three centuries of nursery rhymes and poetry for children: [catalogue of] an exhibition held at the National Book… (1973) 2 eksemplarer
Mu Very First Mother Goose; Jigsaw Puzzle Book 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Opie, Iona Margaret Balfour
- Fødselsdato
- 1923-10-13
- Dødsdag
- 2017-10-23
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Erhverv
- folklorist
- Relationer
- Opie, Peter (husband)
Opie, Robert (son)
Opie, James (son) - Organisationer
- WAAF
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1991)
Fellow of the British Academy
Commander of the Order of the British Empire - Oplysning om flertydighed
- Several works by the husband-and-wife team of Iona and Peter Opie are listed additionally and/or separately on LT under their individual names.
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- Værker
- 42
- Also by
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 6,168
- Popularitet
- #3,990
- Vurdering
- 4.1
- Anmeldelser
- 121
- ISBN
- 124
- Sprog
- 4