The Garden Gang

"The Garden Gang" is a short series of novels for children written by Jayne Fisher. They were published by Ladybird Books during the late 1970s and early 1980s as Series 413 and later re-issued as Series 793.

At the age of 9 years, Jayne was the youngest author to ever write for Ladybird Books. She wrote fourteen story books, each containing two short stories about a group of characters who were fruit and vegetables living an almost human life.

In addition to the fourteen story books, there were also three other books - an annual and two colouring books.

Her books were not dissimilar to the popular Munch Bunch series.

Books

There are fourteen story books:

* Penelope Strawberry and Roger Radish (1979)
* Percival Pea and Polly Pomergranate (1979)
* Oliver Onion and Tim Tomato (1979)
* Wee Willie Watermelon and Betty Beetroot (1979)
* Lucy Leek and Bertie Brussels Sprout (1979)
* Gertrude Gooseberry and Belinda Blackcurrant (1979)
* Colin Cucumber and Patrick Pear (1980)
* Peter Potato and Alice Apple (1980)
* Pam Parsnip and Lawrence Lemon (1980)
* Grace Grape and Robert Raspberry (1980)
* Sheila Shallot and Benny Broadbean (1980)
* Avril Apricot and Simon Swede (1980)
* Pedro Pepper and The Cherry Twins (1983)
* Oscar Orange and Augustus Aubergine (1983)

A larger and relatively hard-to-find story book (or annual):

* Meet The Garden Gang (1981)

Two colouring books:

* The Garden Gang Have Fun (1979)
* The Garden Gang At Home (1979)

External links

* [http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/ladybird_authors.php?id=965 Jayne Fisher biography]
* [http://www.easyontheeye.net/ladybird/70s/garden/793.htm The Garden Gang at Easyontheeye.net]
* [http://www.kidz-books.net/kidzbooks/articles.aspx?id=13#400s The 400s Series of Ladybird Books]