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The Little Book Room - Eleanor Farjeon, Edward Ardizzone
The Little Book Room
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In The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her favorite stories describes powerful—and sometimes exceedingly silly—monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live for aft... show more
In The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her favorite stories describes powerful—and sometimes exceedingly silly—monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live for aft rather than earthly reward; and a goldfish who wishes to "marry the Moon, surpass the Sun, and possess the World."
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781590170489 (1590170482)
Pages no: 314
Edition language: English
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Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it
3.0
The stories were only okay, I found them a little too predictable, not quite exciting or magical enough, and the prose not quite lovely enough to make up for that.However, I absolutely loved her autobiographical essay about her family's house full of books, and the dusty "book room" where all the ha...
coffee & ink
coffee & ink rated it
I've loved this collection since I was very little. I wish more of Farjeon's work were available.
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