– 1965 Cluck, the Little Black Hen – 1965 The Little Peg Doll – 1965 Tiggy – 1971. A non-fiction biography of one of the author's beloved cats. Animal Boy – 1975 "The Little Red Bus and Other Rhyming Stories" 1991 Omnibus containing The Little Red Bus, Cluck the Little Black Hen, Plum Pie, The Little Peg Doll, No Hat!, and The New Bed Autobiography: A Fortunate Grandchild – 1982 Time Remembered – 1986 These two were also published in an omnibus edition titled Early Days. Others she has written: Fresh from the Country – 1960. The story of a young country girl who has taken a first teaching job in the big city. Tales from a Village School – 1994. Short stories. Miss Read's Country Cooking – 1969. Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love: and other writings - 2013. A selection of journalism, published posthumously. References External links Appearance on Desert Island Discs - 4 July 1977 1913 births 2012 deaths Pseudonymous women writers Members of the Order of the British Empire People from West Berkshire District Alumni of Homerton College, Cambridge English women novelists 20th-century English novelists 20th-century English women writers Schoolteachers from London 20th-century pseudonymous writers