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The Country Child
Alison Uttley
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Description for The Country Child
Paperback. A semi-autobiographical story about a girl growing up in the country. It is about the small intense joys and sorrows of life on a small farm: the fun of haymaking, the sadness of favourite animals being slaughtered, and the close sweetness of Christmas celebrations in the farmhouse kitchen. Series: A Puffin Book. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 302.
THE COUNTRY CHILD is a semi-autobiographical story about a girl growing up in the country. Alison Uttley has drawn on her own youth to produce memories so vivid and nostalgic that you can almost smell the honeysuckle and hear the owls calling at dusk. She writes about the small intense joys and sorrows of life on a small farm: the fun of haymaking, the sadness of favourite animals being slaughtered, and the close sweetness of Christmas celebrations in the farmhouse kitchen. Also in A Puffin Book: A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley
THE COUNTRY CHILD is a semi-autobiographical story about a girl growing up in the country. Alison Uttley has drawn on her own youth to produce memories so vivid and nostalgic that you can almost smell the honeysuckle and hear the owls calling at dusk. She writes about the small intense joys and sorrows of life on a small farm: the fun of haymaking, the sadness of favourite animals being slaughtered, and the close sweetness of Christmas celebrations in the farmhouse kitchen. Also in A Puffin Book: A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
A Puffin Book
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141361956
SKU
V9780141361956
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Alison Uttley
Alison Uttley (17 December 1884 - 7 May 1976), nee Alice Jane Taylor, was a British writer of over one hundred books and was given an honourary Litt.D by Manchester University in 1970 in recognition of her literary achievements. She is now best known for her children's series about Little Grey Rabbit, and Sam Pig.
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