The Children Who Lived in a Barn
Suitable for both adults and children to read, this 1938 novel shows five children successfully looking after themselves when their parents go away and fail to return.
Suitable for both adults and children to read, this 1938 novel shows five children successfully looking after themselves when their parents go away and fail to return.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781903155196 (1903155193)
Publish date: 2001
Publisher: Persephone Books
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
A wonderful book, easy to overlook the ludicrous plot developments (the parents not trying to get to their children at all, the landlord evicting them etc) and enjoy the fabulous evocation of a childhood without adults. But the most interesting this is that it is pretty subversive with the children ...
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