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J.P. Martin has 19 books on Goodreads with 1960 ratings. J.P. Martin’s most popular book is Uncle (Uncle, #1).
The eldest child was Helen Estella Martin (1907–1994), known as Stella Martin. She was to 1984 her father's official biographer, her work appearing in 2017 as Stella Martin Currey edited by James Martin Currey, under the title J.P. Martin: Father of Uncle: A Master in the Great English Nonsense Tradition 1879–1966 ; [ 20 ] and also editor of the three Uncle books that appeared after his death.
Jun 1, 2009 · After J. P. Martin’s death his daughter Stella compiled enough stories for a further five books, the last of which, Uncle and the Battle for Badgertown, was published in 1973 (price £1.75). For the benefit of those unfamiliar with Uncle I should explain that he is an extremely rich elephant, lord of a vast Manhattan-like castle called Homeward, a collection of interconnected towers most of ...
Quentin Blake’s quirky illustrations are the perfect complement to J.P. Martin’s stories, each one of a perfect length for bedtime reading. Lovers of Roald Dahl and William Steig will rejoice in Uncle’s wonderfully bizarre and happy world, where the good guys always come out on top, and once a year, everybody, good and bad, sits down together for an enormous Christmas feast.
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J. P. Martin (1879–1966) was born in Yorkshire into a family of Methodist ministers. He took up the family vocation, serving when young as a missionary to a community of South African diamond miners and then, during the First World War, as an army chaplain in Palestine and Egypt, before returning to minister to parishes throughout the north of England.
J.P. Martin (1879-1966) was born in Yorkshire into a family of Methodist ministers. He took up the family vocation, serving when young as a missionary to a community of South African diamond miners and then, during the First World War, as an Army chaplain in Palestine and Egypt, before returning to minister to parishes throughout the north of ...
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