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# Alison Uttley

(1884–1976)   Writer

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Alison Uttley was a writer.

## Quick Facts About Alison Uttley

Born December 17, 1884

Died May 7, 1976

Profession Writer

## About Alison Uttley

English writer (1884-1976)... \| Alison Jane Uttley was an English writer of over 100 books. She is best known for a children's series about Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig. She is also remembered for a pioneering time slip novel for children, A Traveller in Time, about the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots.

##  Quotes by Alison Uttley

> [For a long time we dreamed of a real leather ball, and at last my brother had one for his birthday. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-uttley/for-a-long-time-we-dreamed-of-a-real-leather-ball-and-at-last-my/)

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[Ache](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ache/)

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> [I do find life difficult at times … and I behave childishly too, do foolish things, unworthy … I don't think one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-uttley/i-do-find-life-difficult-at-times-and-i-behave-childishly-too-do/)

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[Behave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/)

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> [“Everything seemed to move. The chimney-stacks swept across the Great Bear, the Pleiades were entangled in the elm’s boughs, a shooting star…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-uttley/everything-seemed-to-move-the-chimney-stacks-swept-across-the-great/)

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[Constellations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constellations/)

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