By Traveller Barbara Walsh, illustrated with 10 colour photos by John McKale (Note - photos are of Traveller gatherings, especially NE England, excluding Appleby, not of the actual text). True story in which Uncle Walter disappears during a big family gathering ...Interest age 7-12, Reading Age approx 7yr 7 mth.

 

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Robert Dawson .

Barbara Elizabeth Walsh has fond memories of poppies and parades honoring her father and other veterans. During World War II her father knew Moina Michael, the Poppy Lady. A former elementary-school teacher, Barbara has written articles for Highlights for Children and Cricket . The Poppy Lady is her first children's book. She and her husband live in Mantoloking, New Jersey, and Key Largo, Florida. Layne Johnson has created art for more than twenty books for children, including the Western Heritage Award-winning Off Like the Wind!: The First Ride of the Pony Express (by Michael P. Spradlin) and the acclaimed Farmer George Plants a Nation (by Peggy Thomas), a picture book biography of George Washington's life as a farmer, inventor, and scientist. Mr. Johnson speaks frequently in schools and libraries and enjoys traveling to historic sites. He lives in Texas with his wife. You can visit him on the web at www. laynejohnson. com. Robert Dawson has been associating with Gypsies and Travellers since the 1950s and has accrued a vast knowledge of the subject. He is also a children's writer for various publishers.