The Elephant War and The Italian Spring were published in the U.S. several years after their first editions. The first and third were reissued many years later as Maria Escapes (1992) and Maria's Italian Spring (1993). Naomi Lewis reviewed The Elephant War as "the fourth of this author's witty and exhilarating stories about children and their elders living in Victorian Oxfordshire. The dialogue alone would make them a pleasure to read—though, since most of the fathers are wardens or dons, the reader does need to be a fairly literate child." The Observer, 11 December 1960, p. 28. Non-fiction Mrs Ewing (London: Bodley Head, 1961) —about Juliana Horatia Ewing Childhood's Pattern: A Study of the Heroes and Heroines of Children's Fiction, 1770–1950 (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1975) The Best Type of Girl: A History of Girls' Independent Schools (London, 1991) Behold the Child: American Children and Their Books, 1621–1922 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994) Cheltenham Ladies: An Illustrated History of the Cheltenham Ladies' College (London: James & James Ltd, 2003) As editor The Journal of Emily Pepys (London: Prospect, 1984) Notes References Citations Cadogan, Mary, 'Avery, Gillian (Elise)', Twentieth Century Children's Writers, ed. D.L. Kirkpatrick (London: Macmillan, 1978), 57–9. Carpenter, Humphrey and Prichard, Mari, The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature (Oxford:OUP) 1984, 38–9. Townsend, John Rowe, Written for Children (Harmondsworth: Penguin) ed. 3 1987, 255–6 External links Gillian Avery search results at Kirkus Reviews (previous page of browse report, as 'Avery, Gillian 1926–' without '2016') 1926 births 2016 deaths Children's literature criticism English children's writers Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners People educated at Dunottar School for Girls People from Reigate 20th-century British women writers