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Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Silver Curlew written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2021-11-05T15:08:00Z with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silver Curlew is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works, an intriguing re-telling of the classic story Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen-year-old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head. Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order to save herself and her family. The only clincher is, that he returns to the castle when Doll's daughter is born and insists that he take the newborn child as payment for his work. Doll, and her younger sister Poll, try desperately to keep the baby...
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew. [A Play in Three Acts] ... by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Silver Curlew. [A Play in Three Acts] ... written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew. [A Play in Three Acts] ... by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Silver Curlew. [A Play in Three Acts] ... written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew(Illustrated) by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Silver Curlew(Illustrated) written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother Codling lived in a windmill in Norfolk near the sea. Her husband the miller had been dead for a number of years, during which Mother Codling had kept the mill and her family going. The sails went round, and the corn was ground, and the little Codlings were clothed and fed. The mill-stones turned the red-gold grains of wheat into fine white flour, while time turned Mother Codling's children from babies into little girls and boys; and the fine white flour was changed in the oven to plump loaves of bread, while the girls and boys were changed by the passing years into healthy young men and women.The Silver Curlew, is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works. First published in 1953, it is an intriguing re-telling of the classic story, 'Rumpelstiltskin'. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. They grind their own flour, and live off the land. Being near the sea, the Codlings also supplement their diet with fish caught by their neighbour, Charlee.One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen year old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head.Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order to save herself and her family. The only clincher is, that he returns to the castle when Doll's daughter is born and insists that he take the newborn child as payment for his work. Doll, and her younger sister Poll, try desperately to find out what the imp's name is so that they can keep the baby.
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew. A Fairy Tale, Etc. [With Plates.]. by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Silver Curlew. A Fairy Tale, Etc. [With Plates.]. written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew by : Clifton Parker
Download or read book The Silver Curlew written by Clifton Parker and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew by : Clifton Parker
Download or read book The Silver Curlew written by Clifton Parker and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew; Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Silver Curlew; Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew ... Illustrated by Ernest H. Shephard by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Silver Curlew ... Illustrated by Ernest H. Shephard written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Silver Curlew. Illus. by Ernest H. Shepard by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Silver Curlew. Illus. by Ernest H. Shepard written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lazy girt becomes the king's bride by implying that she had woven twelve skeins of cloth when actually she had eaten twelve dumplings. Incorporates the story of Tim Tit Tot.
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Book Synopsis The Silver Branch by : Rosemary Sutcliff
Download or read book The Silver Branch written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2011-02-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosemary Sutcliff’s Carnegie Medal-winning Roman Britain Trilogy continues more than a century after the events of The Eagle of the Ninth (The Eagle) in The Silver Branch as two cousins join the Roman side in the fight against a tyrannical British emperor. Violence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. In fear for their lives, they gather together a tattered band of men and lead them into the thick of battle, to defend the honor of Rome. But will they be in time to save the Emperor...
Book Synopsis The Glass Slipper by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Glass Slipper written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than anything, Ella wants to go to the ball at the Royal Palace. But Ella is the slave of the household, waiting on every wish and whim of her horrible stepsisters. They call her Cinderella for the ashes that cling to her face, hands and hair. How can Ella go to the Royal Palace? Then, on the evening of the ball, something wonderful happens. Ella’s Fairy Godmother comes to her rescue. Now her dreams may come true at last . . .
Book Synopsis The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket by : Eleanor Farjeon
Download or read book The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket written by Eleanor Farjeon and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket" by Eleanor Farjeon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis Ticket to Curlew by : Celia Barker Lottridge
Download or read book Ticket to Curlew written by Celia Barker Lottridge and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He figured he had walked about a mile and the tent was just a little bump far behind him when he saw something white gleaming through the grass up ahead. He couldn't imagine what it was. Pure white and smooth. Bigger than a bucket. Sam walked faster. Was it stone? Out here a white stone would seem as strange and as foreign as a seashell. But it wasn't a stone. It was a skull. The huge skull of an animal. An animal with horns. Like a bull, but not quite like a bull. Suddenly Sam knew it. It was a buffalo skull.
Book Synopsis Beak, Tooth and Claw: Living with Predators in Britain by : Mary Colwell
Download or read book Beak, Tooth and Claw: Living with Predators in Britain written by Mary Colwell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A must read for all wildlife lovers’ Dominic Dyer Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites – Britain and Ireland’s predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider them to our competition, even our enemies.
Book Synopsis Wings to Fly by : Celia Barker Lottridge
Download or read book Wings to Fly written by Celia Barker Lottridge and published by Groundwood Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Years have passed since the Ferriers moved to Curlew and built a homestead in the Alberta prairie. Eleven-year-old Josie is glad when a new girl her age moves to the area - someone to go to school with, explore an abandoned house and dream about the future. A sequel to the award-winning 'Ticket to Curlew'" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998