This
was Ladybird's first series to take a look at the sporting
world. It was a short-lived series with only 2 titles being
published, Cricket and Football, the two great British sports.
Both books were written by Vera Southgate and illustrated
by Jack Matthew. Vera Southgate is well-known for her retelling
of popular fairy tales for Ladybird series 606d, otherwise
known as the Well
Loved Tales.
Why Ladybird discontinued this series is down to poor sales
- this would have to do with the age group the books were
targeted at - up until this series Ladybird had aimed at trhe
younger reader and therefore hadn't marketed this series to
interest an older audience.- these books were simply not as
popular as previous series - The series that followed, Well
Loved Tales (606d), saw Ladybird doing what they did best,
telling stories to children - 606d was a one of Ladybird's
success stories.
Books in series 606c -
There were only 2 titles published in this series. Both entries
below describe the first edition of each title.
