A01=Eleanor Farjeon
Author_Eleanor Farjeon
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Product details
- ISBN 9781782950448
- Weight: 235g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2014
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) was a British author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. She lived much of her life among the literary and theatrical circles of London, and her friends included D. H. Lawrence, Walter de la Mare and Robert Frost. She won many literary awards, and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle.
