Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781406373257
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Synopsis coming soon.......
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep
Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781406373257
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Synopsis coming soon.......
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep
Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0763690554
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Skip for joy! The exuberant classic returns in a compact hardcover edition that makes a perfect gift. Little Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. When she is scarcely five, she can outskip anyone in her village. By the time she’s six, her name and fame have spread to all the villages in the county. And by the time she’s seven, the fairies have heard of her. When Master Skipper Andy-Spandy summons the sleeping little girl to Mount Caburn for a contest, the tireless Elsie outskips even the fairies and is rewarded with a gift of rare and lasting value. Can she use it later to save the fabled skipping grounds of Caburn? Or will a greedy lord build a factory where children have played for centuries?
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep
Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN: 9780763607906
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
SPEC: Gift of William A. Gosling. First U.S. edition, first
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171784
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to release his beloved by entertaining the six young women sworn to guard her. This Martin Pippin does - telling beautiful tales of heartbreak, betrayal and everlasting love. But will the imprisoned Gillian ever be freed? This delightful collection will be loved by adults and children alike - a perfect introduction to sophisticated fairy tales. 'She is one of the few who can conceive and tell a fairytale . . . Before I had read five pages of Martin Pippin, I had forgotten who I was and where I lived. I was transported into a world of sunlight, of gay inconsequence, of emotional surprise, a world of poetry, delight and humour. And I lived and took my joy in that rare world, until all too soon my reading was done.' From J. D. Beresford's Foreword to the first American edition of 1922.
Martin Pippin in the Daisy-Field
Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448158826
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters six little girls on his travels - who beg him to tell them stories. This he does whilst they are making daisy chains, and so his wonderful tales of magicians, mermaids, pirates and pigs are here-recounted. The collection includes one of Farjeon's most famous and charming stories, 'Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep. This classic, magical collection will be loved by adults and children alike - perfect for bedtime reading.
The True Story of Humpty Dumpty
Author: Sarah HayesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780744557022
Category : Children's poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Reading Together is a learn-to-read series of picture books for young children and parents to enjoy together. There are four levels, each consisting of six books, offering a variety of reading experiences: stories, poems, rhymes and songs, traditional tales and information books.
In the Presence of Each Other
Author: Johanna KuyvenhovenPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802099157
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In the Presence of Each Other is a brilliant ethnography that examines the educational benefits of the use of oral storytelling in the classroom and the ways in which non-print literacy enhances children's overall language and communication capacities.
The Little Bookroom
Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192719478
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A collection of the author's best stories, chosen by herself, this charming book will delight and enthrall readers. Tales of the king's daughter who cries for the moon, the girl who saves her village from destruction by kissing a peach-tree, the six princesses who live for the sake of theirlong hair, and many, many more.* Eleanor Farjeon is the recipient of many awards for her work including the Carnegie Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award* Exquisite illustrations throughout by Edward Ardizzone
Kings and Queens
Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780141361871
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A highly entertaining collection of poems about all forty-one English Kings and Queens since William I. Reissued in Puffin Poetry Kings and Queens is an authentic classic that has delighted young readers and adults alike. With wonderfully witty illustrations by Robin Jacques, history has never been so much fun!"--Publisher's website.
The Silver Curlew
Author: Eleanor FarjeonPublisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774642883
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Silver Curlew is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works, an intriguing re-telling of the classic story Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen-year-old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head. Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order to save herself and her family. The only clincher is, that he returns to the castle when Doll's daughter is born and insists that he take the newborn child as payment for his work. Doll, and her younger sister Poll, try desperately to keep the baby...