Other Enid Blyton series first appearing in the 1940s included the Malory Towers, Naughtiest Girl, Secret Seven and St. The indefatigable Enid Blyton’s most famous series of books, featuring the Famous Five, began in 1942 with the publication of ‘Five Go to Treasure Island’. Pictured left: Selection of 1940s’ books for Younger ReadersĬhildren’s authors such as Enid Blyton, Alison Uttley, Elsie Oxenham, Elinor Brent-Dyer, Arthur Ransome, Malcolm Saville, Gwynedd Rae and Angela Brazil were amongst those still releasing new works throughout the 1940s presumably because the publishers knew they would have no sales’ problem.
Often, too, less-established writers were ‘put on hold’, allotting the precious paper stocks to those who already had a following. Many books were printed on cheaper, thinner paper (which tended to eventually turn brown and brittle), and other savings included smaller print, narrow margins and sometimes soft or linen covered covers. Pictured right: Hare Joins the Home Guard by Alison Uttley
At times, some were reduced to just four pages created from one folded sheet of paper. Even newspapers were affected because ‘newsprint’ (the paper used for them) was also in limited supply and so they could not have many pages.
Children’s Books of the 1940s by Susan Brewer (follow Sue on Twitter the Wartime years of the 1940s, and for a few years afterwards, books for adults and children alike were economy editions, due to paper shortages and restrictions.
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