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Will appeal to any student of Greek mythology and history
Ian Andrew illustrates In Search Of A Homeland, a story of the Aneid and a tale of war which will appeal to any student of Greek mythology and history. Chapters present the story with plenty of illustration and color: it's hard to peg the readers and age group of this title, which will reach from grades 5-8. ... Read more

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Delicious, Delightful & Darned Good
This is a wonderful book for children of all ages. My daughter adores the colorful pages. This is the book she must hear every night at bedtime. Often, one reading will not do. I recommend it to parents who are tired ofthe blah books normally written for children. This is a stunner. ... Read more

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Amusing, wonderfully written
The story is about a girl, Maria, on a summer holiday with her parents. (I don't remember this place she went to, I read this some time ago) At this place she went to for her holiday, she met a boy who is like Maria in a way he enjoys his privacy, but he also is comfortable with his hectic life with his family. The other part of the story is that she finds out about a girl, Harriet, who lived (I'm not sure about this) about 100 years ago, who started an elaborate sampler... but never finished it. And Maria wants to find out why.Read more

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Superb Illustration of the Third Culture Phenomena
While it becomes quickly evident how excellent is Penelope Lively's memory, reading this memoir opens up all kinds of doors.
Thoughtful and intriguing
This is not only a memoir of Penelope Lively's childhood in Egypt in the 1930's and 40's, but also a meditation on childhood perception and how it differs from the way one sees as an adult.Lively manages to present thedirect, self-centered, sensual perceptions of a child; but she also writesof her later re-interpretations of her childhood experience with adulthindsight and an adult's complex, but clouded, vision.The last chapter,in which she "returns" to England -- exotic, inscrutable England-- is beautifully rendered, turning on its head the experience of theWesterner visiting the exotic East.

Penelope's lively memories are entertainingly wonderful!
Penelope Lively's autobiography is dense with a beautifully arranged description of her unusual childhood and offers the reader a chance to imagine life as a young child growing up in a lifestlye with changingsurroundings that only an adult should be handling!Lively's writingstyles (very apt colloquialism for this sort of book) blend in with thecontent of her descriptions of her childhood and the humourous moments shehad with Lucy, her nanny/best friend. Her travels are illustrious andvibrant allowing the reader the escapism into the lands of Egypt from Cairoto Khartoum! Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. British    6. Egypt    7. History    8. Literary    9. Lively, Penelope - Prose & Criticism    10. Novelists, English    11. Childhood and youth    12. Lively, Penelope   

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The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe is a very good story of which the Harrison family move from their old house to a new Countryside Cottage. James wants the attic converted into his bedroom and while the builders are doing repares a glass bottle gets broken and lets out the spirit of a 300 year old bloke is trying to haunt them. The family recieved letters and messages as if the GHOST was trying to haunt them.The atmospheric detail and Archaic language used,was to a good effect. The book was quite good but the ending was not very well thought out!

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
This is a fantastic book for all ages young and old... an easily comprehensible text of a gripping storyline. Once you've started at it, you wouldn't want to put it down.

it's a good mystery/ghost story -sarah
The ghost of Thomas Kempe is a spooky story written by penelope lively. The Harrison family have strange things going on in their new house. Messages are being left in places in werid writting and odd things have been happening. James Harrison is sure there's a ghost haunting the house but no-one will beive him until things start to get too out of hands........ This book makes a good read and is suitable for anyone who is willing to sit down and get engrossed into solving the mystery of the Harrisons house. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 3-4    2. English literature: fiction texts    3. Horror & ghost stories, chillers   

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My favourite story
This is a wonderful story of three children, who inadvertantly bring Morgan le Fay back into power. Based in Oxfordshire, it utilises a famous stone circle, the Whispering Knights.Read more

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A real generation-bridger
A wonderful, imaginative and entertaining story, set in the West Country of the UK.Beautifully written, the characters (particularly the older ones) speak in language that they really would use, which my grand-daughter found a huge entertainment in itself.
A wonderful read-aloud
This made a wonderful read-aloud to my 4.5 year old son.The colorful pictures and fast-paced story were a perfect combination.Will definitely buy and put with our favorite early chapter books for him to read himself one day!
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THE WILD HUNT OF HAGWORTHY
An enoyable read. Think of it as 'The Wicker Man' for children.

Oh boy, a brilliant book and no reviews...
So a few people might wander in here (not many, I admit, the book being inexplicably out of print) and wonder what this book is about, and if it is worth searching for, and see the one review, and think "gee, only one review again, I hope this person gives me something to go on past the usual blather"Read more

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Interesting.
I read this book for an English project. It is a very funny and interesting book and you don't know what trouble Samuel Stokes is going to cause next! i recommend it to anyone who wants a good laugh ! ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Audio - Children's    2. Audio: Juvenile    3. Children's audiobooks    4. Children's stories, English    5. Fantasy    6. General   

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Finding Extraordinary Wonders in an Ordinary House
At 54 Pavillion Road, home of the Dixon family, great adventurers lie underfoot and hidden in the walls. The deftly-drawn characters of Willy the earnest but short-sighted terrier, Nat the intrepid Pill Bug, his friend the spider, and Sam the show-off mouse and his long-suffering wife, Doris, their all-too human foibles and mishaps made me and my ten year old laugh out loud. Each chapter tells a different, but beguiling tale about one of the inhabitants of the inside-out house; major dramas of which the Dixons remain blithely unaware. Ostensibly a child's book, but one which relies refreshingly on everyday life for its subject and teaches no greater moral than, aren't we all silly, it makes for delightful inter-generational reading. ... Read more

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Interesting view of a future world
In an England abandoned by People, covered in water and inhabitated only by scavenging animals, a small group of friends set out on a journey.Pal the dog, Ned the horse, Freda the cow, Pansy the kitten, Offa the pigeon, and Stanley, who doesn't know what he is.In order to find out his true idenity, the group takes a boat, the QV66, and begins the long and difficult journey from Carlisle to London Zoo.For there, they are sure, they will find the answer.Wit and wordplay abound, and the animals are delightfully ignorant of the human items they find, and their goofy explainations of them are often very funny.A fun, lighthearted read.

Fantastic!
This book is - indubitably - the most enjoyable, intriguing, humourous,atmospheric, inventive and affecting novel for children yet written. ... Read more

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