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The Children of Green Knowe (70th anniversary illustrated edition)
Discover the timeless Carnegie-winning classic based on a real manor house, in a story steeped in history, magic and spirits from the past.
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Summary
Discover the timeless Carnegie-winning classic based on a real manor house, in a story steeped in history, magic and spirits from the past.
This deluxe 70th anniversary gift edition features a beautiful foiled jacket and inside illustrations by the author’s own son.
‘Are there sometimes other children here?’
Mrs Oldknow looked at him as if she would like to know everything about him before she answered.
‘Yes,’ she said, ‘sometimes.’
Tolly has been sent to live with his great-grandmother, Mrs Oldknow, in an ancient manor house deep in the countryside. Green Knowe and its grounds are full of exciting toys, pictures and objects and there is so much to see and do. But not only that – the house is haunted! And the ghosts Toby, Alexander and Linnet all have their own stories to tell.
‘A classic treasure’ Guardian
Critic Reviews
All the more haunting for the drawings by Peter Boston, which look like woodcuts. This edition, for the 70th anniversary, is beautiful.
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An award-winning classic story of a friendship
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A classic treasure
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A magical story which has become a classic
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A descriptive and inventive children's adventure and a love song to the author's real-life home
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Exciting adventures involving the natural and supernatural worlds
Lucy M.Boston
Lucy Boston was born in 1892 in Southport, Lancashire, one of six children. She went to a Quaker school in Surrey, and was married in 1917. She later moved to a beautiful manor house near Cambridge which provided the setting for her Green Knowe stories. She started writing at the age of sixty and won the Carnegie Medal for A…
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