The children of Green Knowe

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Title:

The children of Green Knowe

Author:

Boston, L. M. (Lucy Maria), 1892-1990, author.

Vance, Simon, narrator.

Series:

Green Knowe chronicles ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Tolly comes to live with his great-grandmother at the ancient house of Green Knowe and becomes friends with three children who lived there in the seventeenth century.

Audience:

3-4

General Note:

Compact discs.

Edition:

Unabridged ed.

Physical Description:

4 sound discs (4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Audiobooks.

Subject Term:

Space and time -- Juvenile fiction

Great-grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction.

Dwellings -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

England -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Vance, Simon,

Publisher:

Listen & Live Audio,

Publication Date:

2005

ISBN:

9781593160609

Publication Information:

Roseland, NJ : Listen & Live Audio, p2005.

Call Number:

CDB J BOSTON

Holds: Copies:

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L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. There are three children: Toby, who rides the majestic horse Feste; his mischievous little sister, Linnet; and their brother, Alexander, who plays the flute. The children warmly welcome Tolly to Green Knowe? even though they've been dead for centuries. But that's how everything is at Green Knowe. The ancient manor hides as many stories as it does dusty old rooms. And the master of the house is great-grandmother Oldknow, whose storytelling mizes present and past with the oldest magic in the world.

Summary

Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, has been entertaining readers for half a century. The three children: Toby, who rides the majestic horse Feste; his mischievous little sister, Linnet; and their brother, Alexander, who plays the flute. The children warmly welcome Tolly to Green Knowe even though they've been dead for centuries. But that's how everything is at Green Knowe.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Back in the Knowe In The Children of Green Knowe (1955) by L.M. Boston, the first title in The Green Knowe Chronicles, Toby visits his great-grandmother's manor house, Green Knowe, for the first time and discovers her witchy ways and ghostly guests. The repackaging of the classic series contains Peter Boston's original b&w interior illustrations; Brett Helquist, known for his work in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events books, provides haunting cover art. All five titles in the series are now available in hardcover and paperback: Treasure of Green Knowe (1958); The River at Green Knowe (1959); A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961); An Enemy at Green Knowe (1964). (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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A special book for the imaginative child, in which fantasy and realism are skillfully blended.' Booklist A book to own and read aloud and come back to over and over again. It is one of the best fantasies I have ever read.' The Horn Book THERE ARE THREE CHILDREN: Toby, who rides the majestic horse Feste; his mischievous little sister, Linnet; and their brother, Alexander, who plays the flute. The children warmly welcome Tolly to Green Knowe even though they've been dead for centuries. But that's how everything is at Green Knowe. The ancient manor hides as many stories as it does dusty old rooms. And the master of the house is Great-grandmother Oldknow, whose storytelling mixes present and past with the oldest magic in the world. Excerpted from The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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