Books by Janie Hampton
Non-fiction
London Olympics: 1908 and 1948
Fully illustrated history of the last two Olympics held in London.
Shire Books, 2011.
How the Girl Guides won the war
A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world – the Girl Guides – and how they, and Brownies, helped win the war.
HarperPress, August 2010.
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The Austerity Olympics: When the Games Came to London in 1948
Political and social history of the first post-war Olympics, with interviews from over 100 competitors, spectators and judges.
Aurum Press, 2008.
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Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was Younger
In 'Does Cockshutt Beat Sandy Balls?'
Edited by Simon Trewin, Random House, 2007
Letters from Aldeburgh by Joyce Grenfell
A delightful collection of Joyce Grenfell's best letters written from Aldeburgh Music Festival between 1962 and 1979.
Editor, Day Books, 2006.
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My Kind of Magic – Articles by Joyce Grenfell
Editor, John Murray, 2003.
Joyce Grenfell in 'British Comedy Greats'
Introduced by Miles Kington.
Cassells, 2003.
Joyce Grenfell, The First Biography
John Murray, 2002.
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Hats off! The poetry of Joyce Grenfell
Editor, John Murray, 2002.
Joyce and Ginnie - The Letters of Joyce Grenfell & Virginia Graham
Editor of 50 years of correspondence. Serialised on BBC Radio 3.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1997.
A Family Outing in Africa
Travels by foot, canoe and truck with three small children across Central and Eastern Africa.
Macmillan, 1988.
Books on Health
Internally Displaced People - A Global Survey
Norwegian Refugee Council & Earthscan, 1998.
Up and About with Arthritis
Translated into 25 languages including Arabic, Urdu, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish and Romanian. The first book globally available and free to all on the internet.
International League of Rheumatology, 1997.
Meeting AIDS with Compassion in Ghana
ActionAid/AMREF, 1990.
Positive Living with Aids in Uganda
Translated into French, Portuguese and Swahili.
ActionAid/AMREF, 1990.
Healthy Mothers, Happy Babies in Africa
Health education for mothers
Macmillan, 1990.
Healthy Living, Healthy Loving
Macmillan, 1987.
World Health
Text Book on Socio-Political Health.
Wayland, 1987.
Happy Healthy Children
Child-care for African schools.
Macmillan, 1985.
Children's Books
Come Home Soon, Baba
Children's fiction set in Zimbabwe.
Blackie, 1994.
The Baobab and the Banyan Tree
In 'Stories Around the World', 1992.
Ginn, 1992.
The Red Sock
In 'Stories for Four-Year Olds'
Sainsbury's, 1989.
What Made Joseph Ill?
Primary school readers with healthy messages, series edited by Hampton.
Egret Readers, Macmillan, 1988.