I shall always remember the year 1887 for it was the year of the Old Queen's Jubilee - the year I went out into service. I was just past my tenth birthday by then...Of course, I cried when I left home...but I was the eldest and there wasn't any room for me any more.' Nan, the 'strong and willing girl' in these stories, went as a small girl to work in domestic service. Though being a maidservant was a hard life, Nan was clever at it - she knew all sorts of things we've forgotten nowadays: how to make sand-soap for scouring wooden floors, how to chalk a front doorstep so it dried up all white... And she enjoyed life enormously, finding fun wherever she could and always standing up for herself: to big, rough boys, to spiteful young ladies - and to her employers! Full of down to earth humour and vitality, this is a high-spirited, funny and touching book, to be enjoyed by readers of all ages.

 

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Jane Nissen Books .

Dorothy Edwards dreamt up 'My Naughty Little Sister' whilst on a family holiday in 1950. Dorothy based the character on her younger sister, Phyllis, and went on to write five books about her naughty little sister with wide acclaim. Dorothy became a household name and her stories were read and loved across the globe. She became a fixture of a radio show in the 1950s called Read with Mother and she also wrote for Playschool and Jackanory. Dorothy died in 1982, aged 68. Jacqueline Wilson has written over 70 books for young readers of all ages. She lives in England.