Figure 1.--This illustration is the cover of the McMillan paperback edition of "The Jennings Report" which was published in 1990 and was the original cover for this edition. The illiustratin is by Rodney Sutton.

Both drawings and photographs have been used to illustrate Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings books, although th photogrphs were just used for the covers. Quite a number of different illustrators have worked on the Jennings books. We have a complete list of Jenning illustrators, although our information on many of the illustrators is limited at this time. Mays Collins illustrated the Jennings books from 1958 through the 1960s. We have little information on her at this time besides her work on Jennings. We also note illustrations by Rodney Sutton for Jennings, Of Course! (New ed, London: Macmillan, 1991). Many of the Jennings books have been republished, often with different covers, although the inside illustrations have less commonly been changed.

Ilustrations

Both drawings and photographs have been used to illustrate Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings books, although the photogrphs were just used for the covers. All of the inside illustrations are drawings.

Illustrator List

Quite a number of different illustrators have worked on the Jennings books. We have a complete list of Jenning illustrators. A HBC reader has prepared a list for us. Most of the books were illustrated by Douglas Mays and one or two by S. van Abbe and Rodney Sutton, who also illustrated the MacMillan paperback editions during the 1980s and 1990s. The list includes: According To Jennings S. van Abbe A Bookful of Jennings, Douglas Mays (dust jacket only) Especially Jennings, Douglas Mays Jennings Abounding, Douglas Mays Jennings Again! Rodney Sutton Jennings as Usual, Douglas Mays Jennings’ Diary S. van Abbe (frontispiece only) Jennings Follows a Clue, S. van Abbe (frontispiece only) Jennings Goes to School, S. van Abbe (dust jacket and frontispiece only) Jennings in Particular, Douglas Mays Jennings’ Little Hut, S. van Abbe (dust jacket and frontispiece only) Jennings of Course, Douglas Mays The Jennings Report, Douglas Mays Just Like Jennings, Douglas Mays Leave it to Jennings, Douglas Mays Our Friend Jennings, Douglas Mays Take Jennings for Instance, Douglas Mays Thanks to Jennings, Douglas Mays That’s Jennings, Rodney Sutton Trust Jennings, Douglas Mays Typically Jennings, Val Biro (The) Trouble With Jennings, Douglas Mays

Individual Illustrators

Our information on many of the illustrators is limited at this time. Mays Collins illustrated the Jennings books from 1958 through the 1960s. We have little information on her at this time besides her work on Jennings. Another principal illustrator was Douglas Mays. S. van Abbe illustrated several covers or dust jackets. We also note illustrations by Rodney Sutton for Jennings, Of Course! (New ed, London: Macmillan, 1991).

Subjects

Virtually all of the illustrations in the Jennings books, especially the covers, focus on Jennings and his mates. The last Jennings book was called That's Jennings and was published in hardback in 1994 and softback in 1996. McMillan decided to drop the usual images depicting the boys from the stories in favour of something like school excersise books or in the case of That's Jenings a cricket ball knocking wickets down.

Reprinted Editions

Many of the Jennings books have been republished, often with different covers, although the inside illustrations have less commonly been changed.

Illustration Policy

We are not positive just what the policy toward illustrating the Jennings books were. The Just William books had extensive inside illustrations. Most of the Jennings illustrations with which we are familar, however, are cover illustrations. We do not have any first editions so we are not sure if there were originally inside illustrations. One of the first Jennings books was Jennings' Little Hut (1951). We are not sure how it was illustrated. We do have the 1967 reprint and there are no inside illustrations, only an illustrated cover jacket. I'm not sure who the illustrator was.

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