{"product_id":"the-little-bookroom-by-eleanor-farjeon","title":"The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e27 illustrated short stories full of heart and whimsy, by the Carnegie Medal-winning author--a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eperfect read-aloud collection for middle grade readers who love folklore and fairy tales.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Bookroom,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her favorite stories describes powerful--and sometimes exceedingly silly--monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live for aft rather than earthly reward; and a goldfish who wishes to \"marry the Moon, surpass the Sun, and possess the World.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing an afterword by Rumer Godden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eSelected as one of 100 Must-Reads (Age 13) by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstructor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"To this day, a copy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Bookroom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sits on my nightstand. . . . I don't remember a time when I didn't own it.\" --Sadie Stein, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Eleanor Farjeon's stories and poems have been a delight to children for many years, and here she has brought together a new collection of some of her own favorite stories. . . . Storytellers will welcome it.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A selection of treasures from Eleanor Farjeon's full store of writing for children. Including some stories which have not appeared before in book form. They make a rich combination: gems for storytelling and reading aloud, for children's own reading, and a few that may be appreciated most fully by adults.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"27 heartwarming tales. . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\" --Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories have been selected by the author herself to make an anthology in the classical fairy tale tradition yet lit with the sparks of reason needed to pry young minds loose from their moorings and to widen reading.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Farjeon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1881-1965) grew up in England in a house filled with books, and she and her brothers enjoyed reading stories to one another and writing their own. In America, Farjeon's best-known work may be the hymn \"Morning Has Broken,\" later recorded by Cat Stevens, but in her native country she is beloved as the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eElsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Pippin in the Apple Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and, of course, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Bookroom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Farjeon was pleased when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Bookroom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Carnegie Medal, but she turned down another honor--Dame of the British Empire--explaining that she \"did not wish to become different from the milkman.\" At her death, the Children's Book Circle established the Eleanor Farjeon Award in her honor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTarget Age: 9-12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNyrb Kids\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eDecember 01, 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.9\" H x 7.6\" L x 5.1\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e328 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44930662760634,"sku":"9781681375045","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail_e295e678-33b9-4bf9-bbe4-615cfb469dbe.gif?v=1750253230","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/the-little-bookroom-by-eleanor-farjeon","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}