About
Violet Morgan was notable for illustrating many of her sister, Kathleen Mackenzie’s, stories. She worked with her sister to the exclusion of almost all others, although oddly, she did not do the cover illustrations for most titles. Jumping Jan, and Red Conker, for example, had covers by Maurice Tulloch. Anne Gordon did Nancy and the Carrs and Prize Pony. I am therefore guessing when I include Three of a Kind, Pony and Trap and Chalk and Cheese as covers she did illustrate, and am hoping she didn’t illustrate Nigel Rides Away, which is a horror.
Finding the books
The books Violet Morgan illustrated are generally reasonably easy to find, though the Kathleen Mackenzies have been increasing in price over the years.
Bibliography
PONY BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY VIOLET MORGAN
Kathleen Mackenzie: Red Conker
Evans, 1952 (cover Maurice Tulloch)
Kathleen Mackenzie: Jumping Jan
Evans, 1955 (cover Maurice Tulloch)
Kathleen Mackenzie: Three of a Kind
Evans, 1956
Kathleen Mackenzie: Chalk and Cheese
Evans, 1957
Kathleen Mackenzie: Nancy and the Carrs
Evans, 1958 (cover Anne Gordon)
Kathleen Mackenzie: Prize Pony
Evans, 1959 (cover Anne Gordon)
Kathleen Mackenzie: Nigel Rides Away
Evans, 1960 (cover uncredited)
Kathleen Mackenzie: Pony and Trap
Evans, 1962
C Northcote Parkinson: Ponies Plot
John Murray, 1965
WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED BY VIOLET MORGAN
Sebastian and the Dragon
Blackwell, 1968
CHILDREN’S BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY VIOLET MORGAN
Kathleen Mackenzie: The Four Pentires and Jimmy
Evans, 1947
Derek Chapman: King Purple’s Jester
Pleiades Books, 1947
Kathleen Mackenzie: Green Fox
Evans, 1949
Derek Chapman: King Cuckoo
Pleiades Books, 1949
Kathleen Mackenzie: The Badgers of Quinion
Evans, 1950
Kathleen Mackenzie: Vicky and the Pentires
Evans, 1951
George Sand: La Petite FadetteMacmillan, 1960
Kathleen Mackenzie: The Cave in the Cliff
Evans, 1961
Kathleen Mackenzie: The Pageant
Evans, 1964
Glenda Gordon: Better to Arrive
Macmillan, 1968
