Christianna Brand

Christianna Brand

1907-12-17
80 (1988-03-11)
British Malaya

British writer of crime fiction and children's literature.

British Malaya

British writer of crime fiction and children's literature.

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Nanny McPhee 2005 (6.7)

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 2010 (6.3)

Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
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Green for Danger 1946 (6.7)

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?