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The Growing Summer Noel Streatfeild

The Growing Summer By Noel Streatfeild

The Growing Summer by Noel Streatfeild


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Summary

A beautifully written novel by the beloved author of Ballet Shoes. With enchanting illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.

The Growing Summer Summary

The Growing Summer by Noel Streatfeild

BY THE AUTHOR OF BALLET SHOES
with beautiful illustrations by Edward Ardizzone

'A joyous, sunlight book. For me, the best Noel Streatfeild of all' HILARY MCKAY

'You have a whole wing of the house to yourselves. The glorious world outside to play in. All that the earth brings forth to feed you, and you stand there asking foolish questions until my head reels. Help yourselves, children, help yourselves. Then, flapping her cloak as if to shoo off a clutter of chickens, Great Aunt Dymphna was gone.'

Summer will be different for the Gareth children this year. Their father, an epidemiologist, is ill abroad, and their mother must go to help him. So Alex, Penny, Naomi and Robin are sent to Ireland to stay with an eccentric distant relative.

Great Aunt Dymphna is like nobody they've ever met. She lives in a ramshackle house, quotes swathes of poetry and flits about like a great bat. And, to the children's consternation, she expects them to fend for themselves. Despite tears and many mishaps, they learn something new every day, and living with Great Aunt Dymphna becomes an adventure.

About Noel Streatfeild

Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex in 1895 and was one of three sisters. After working in munitions factories and canteens for the armed forces when the First World War broke out, Noel followed her dream of being on stage and went to RADA where she became a professional actress.

She began writing children's books in 1931 and Ballet Shoes was published in 1936. She quickly became one of the most popular authors of her day. She was one of the first winners of the Carnegie Medal and was awarded an OBE in 1983.

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NGR9780349014449
9780349014449
0349014442
The Growing Summer by Noel Streatfeild
New
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
20210506
256
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