Knowra Margery Sharp Margery Sharp Margery Sharp (1905–1991) was an English novelist and children’s author best known for her Miss Bianca books, featuring a mouse and the rescuers Bernard and Miss Bianca.
The Rescuers : A 1977 Disney animated film about two mice who rescue a kidnapped orphan. Disney adapted Sharp’s first two Rescuers books into this film.
Children’s literature : Literature written for or read by children, spanning picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction. Sharp’s Miss Bianca books belong to this broad literary field.
Wiltshire : A county in southwest England, including the historic city of Salisbury. Sharp was born in Wiltshire in 1905.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons : An American publishing house founded in 1838 and later part of Penguin Random House. Putnam published Sharp’s Miss Bianca books in the United States.
Cluny Brown : A 1944 novel by Margery Sharp about a young woman whose unconventional independence unsettles English society. Its comic heroine exemplifies Sharp’s interest in social convention.
The Rescuers Down Under : A 1990 Disney animated film in which mice Bernard and Bianca help a boy protect an eagle. The sequel continued the screen adventures of Sharp’s mouse characters.
Animal fantasy : Fiction in which animals speak, reason, or participate in human-like societies. Her mice conduct organized rescue operations in a human world.
Salisbury : A cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, known for Salisbury Cathedral. Sharp grew up in Salisbury, where her father was a clergyman.
Ursula Nordstrom : An American children’s book editor who led the children’s department at Harper & Brothers. Nordstrom edited Sharp’s children’s books for their American publisher.
The Flowering Thorn : A 1934 novel by Margery Sharp about a woman who adopts a child. The novel displays Sharp’s early skill at mixing comedy with domestic dilemmas.
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