— based on a story by R. M. Ballantyne Making Good (1955, Heinemann) The Silver Sword (1956, Cape) — also published as Escape from Warsaw (1963, Scholastic), and as an "educational edition" (1957, Heinemann) Guns in the Wild (1956, Heinemann) — based on a story by R. M. Ballantyne Katy at Home (1957, Heinemann) — based on a story by Susan Coolidge Katy at School (1959, Heinemann) — based on a story by Susan Coolidge The Ivory Horn (1960, Oxford University Press) — adaptation of The Song of Roland The Gorgon’s Head: The Story of Perseus (1961, Oxford University Press) The Way of Danger: The Story of Theseus (1962, Oxford University Press) Happily Ever After (1963, Oxford University Press) The Clashing Rocks: The Story of Jason (1963, Oxford University Press) The Midnight Thief: A Musical Story (1963, BBC Publications) — music by Richard Rodney Bennett, illustrations by Tellosa The Enchanted Island: Stories from Shakespeare (1964, Walck) — republished in an "education edition" as Murder at Dunsinane (1967, Scholastic) The Cave of Death (1965, Heinemann) Fight for Freedom (1965, Heinemann) Ahmet the Woodseller: A Musical Story (1965, Oxford University Press) — music by Gordon Crosse, illustrations by John Griffiths A Fall from the Sky: The Story of Daedalus (1966, Nelson) The Challenge of the Green Knight (1966, Oxford University Press) Robin in the Greenwood (1967, Oxford University Press) The Turtle Drum: A Musical Story (1967, BBC Publications) — music by Malcolm Arnold, illustrated by Charles Pickard Havelock the Dane (1967, Walck) — published in the UK as Havelock the Warrior (1968, Hamish Hamilton) Robin and His Merry Men (1969, Oxford University Press) The Tale of Three Landlubbers (1970, Hamish Hamilton) — illustrated by Raymond Briggs Heracles the Strong (1970, Walck) The Ballad of St Simeon (1970, Walck) A Pride of Lions: A Musical Story (1971, Oxford University Press) — music by Phyllis Tate The Bishop and the Devil (1971, Kaye and Ward) Have You Got Your Ticket? (1972, Longman) Marko’s Wedding (1972, Deutsch) The Franklin’s Tale, Retold (1972, Warne) Suppose You Met a Witch (1973, Little, Brown) The Robin and the Wren (1974, Longman) The Road to Canterbury (1979, Kestrel Books) Non-Fiction Chaucer and His World (1967, Lutterworth) All Change at Singleton: For Charlton, Goodwood, East and West Dean (1979, Phillimore) — local history Goodwood Country in Old Photographs (1987, Sutton) — with Richard Pailthorpe Translations Florina and the Wild Bird