

‘Magic, mystery and fun will bring listeners along for an entertaining ride. ‘An award-winning classic story of a friendship.’ LoveReading4Kids

They set out to chart the river in the canoe, and soon discover that it has some surprising and mysterious secrets. Ida, Oscar and Ping are staying with Ida’s great-aunt at the ancient, river-encircled house of Green Knowe. ‘We must go exploring and sail around them all.’Īnd so begins a wonderful, magical summer. ‘What a lot of islands the river makes,’ said Ida. Boston have become modern classics, beautifully evoking all the magic and wonder of childhood. These enchanting, haunting stories from Carnegie winner Lucy M. Running around Green Knowe’s moat, gardens and mysterious rooms, Tolly slowly discovers them, their toys and animals, and their wonderful stories. The Children of Green Knowe Collection brings the Lucy Boston classics The Children of Green Knowe and River at Green Knowe together in one beautifully packaged edition. There are other children in the house – children who were happy there centuries before.

Tolly’s great grandmother isn’t a witch, but both she and her old house, Green Knowe, are full of a very special kind of magic. Now The Children of Green Knowe and River at Green Knowe are available in one edition. She didn't enjoy it as much as her brother.Īn enjoyable read, especially for those who love nature, make believe and being outdoors.The Children of Green Knowe Collection brings the Lucy Boston classics The Children of Green Knowe and River at Green Knowe together in one beautifully packaged edition. 2 3 It features a very old house, Green Knowe, based on Boston's home at the time, The Manor in Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire, England. Boston, illustrated by her son Peter Boston, 1 and published from 1954 to 1976. My son read this to himself when younger and enjoyed it tremendously, my daughter didn't get around to reading it to herself so I read it to her. Green Knowe is a series of six children's novels written by Lucy M. Using their imagination they enter a yew castle where they are subjected to the perils and fun of being mouse sized. When they are invited to explore the garden they come across a discarded chess set made from yew. Two boys find themselves in an elderly lady's garden, this is clearly Mrs Oldknowe/Lucy Boston and clearly the Green Knowe/ Hemingford Grey. There are lovely illustrations by Margery Gill, insultingly the cover you see on this review has been replaced by a really awful one for the young puffin edition, it's so sad when they do that, I couldn't bring myself to add that one so have chosen the one with the origional Margery Gill cover. In this short book you can see the beginning of ideas for the children of green knowe which is our favourite book of all time.
