Peyton, first published by Oxford University Press in 1967 with illustrations by Victor Ambrus.
Ordinarily the prize recognises one fiction book published during the preceding calendar year; exceptionally Peyton won for the Flambards trilogy completed in 1969. The trilogy was adapted as a 13-part television series in 1979, Flambards starring Christine McKenna as Christina Parsons. World Publishing issued a US edition of the first book in 1968, retaining the Ambrus illustrations.
Ordinarily the prize recognises one fiction book published during the preceding calendar year; exceptionally Peyton won for the Flambards trilogy completed in 1969. The trilogy was adapted as a 13-part television series in 1979, Flambards starring Christine McKenna as Christina Parsons. World Publishing issued a US edition of the first book in 1968, retaining the Ambrus illustrations.
She was a commended runner-up for both the first and third books, the latter in competition with her Medal-winning work. She also won the 1970 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, conferred by The Guardian newspaper and judged by a panel of British children's writers.
Ordinarily the prize recognises one fiction book published during the preceding calendar year; exceptionally Peyton won for the Flambards trilogy completed in 1969. The trilogy was adapted as a 13-part television series in 1979, Flambards starring Christine McKenna as Christina Parsons. World Publishing issued a US edition of the first book in 1968, retaining the Ambrus illustrations.
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