These enchanting, haunting stories from Carnegie winner Lucy M Boston have become modern classics, beautifully evoking all the magic and wonder of childhood Now The Children of Green Knowe and River at Green Knowe are available in one edition Children of Green Know Tolly's great grandmother isn't a witch, but both she and her old house, Green Knowe, are full of a very special kind of magic There are other children in the house - children who were happy there centuries before Running around Green Knowe's moat, gardens and mysterious rooms, Tolly slowly discovers them, their toys and animals, and their wonderful storiesRiver at Green Knowe 'What a lot of islands the river makes,' said Ida 'We must go exploring and sail around them all' And so begins a wonderful, magical summer Ida, Oscar and Ping are staying with Ida's great-aunt at the ancient, river-encircled house of Green Knowe They set out to chart the river in the canoe, and soon discover that it has some surprising and mysterious secrets

 

This book is part of a book series called Faber Classics .

There are 368 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Faber & Faber .

LUCY MARIA BOSTON (1892-1990) purchased a ramshackle manor house near Cambridge, England, in 1935, which over a period of two years she lovingly restored. It is this house that inspired her, at the age of sixty-two, to take pen in hand and create the beloved Green Knowe series.