Philippa Pearce was een auteur die meesterlijk de grenzen tussen realiteit en fantasie verkende in haar literaire werken. Haar verhalen, vaak gesitueerd in het alledaagse leven, getuigden van een diep inzicht in de kinderwereld en verborgen lagen van magie. Pearce gebruikte regelmatig thema's als tijd en herinnering om boeiende en ontroerende verhalen te creëren die generaties lang weerklank vinden. Haar unieke stijl en haar vermogen om de etherische essentie van kinderjaren vast te leggen, maken haar tot een onvergetelijke figuur in de kinderliteratuur.
What is it like to be a fly on the wall in our neighbours' houses? With these eight gently humorous stories, Philippa Pearce lifts the lid from the neighbours' houses and shows us the lives within. From the author of Tom's Midnight Garden and A Dog So Small.
Renowned graphic novel artist, Edith, has created an enchanting version of the classic Tom's Midnight Garden. This is a new and special way to read and share one of the best-loved and most enduring children's stories of all time.
Emma is happy to sleep in her Cousin Annie's old attic bedroom when staying with her great-aunt Win. But when bedtime comes, she starts feeling nervous. Her brother, Joe, insists that the room is haunted. Could he be right?
Lying awake at night, Tom hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike . . . eleven . . . twelve . . . thirteen . . . Thirteen! When Tom gets up to investigate, he discovers a magical garden. A garden that everyone told him doesn't exist. A garden that only he can enter . . . A Carnegie-Medal-winning modern classic that's magically timeless.
Tom dislikes the thought of staying in a tiny flat in a dull house with his aunt and uncle, but when he arrives he finds mystery and adventure every night when he goes outside into a beautiful garden and plays with a lovely orphan girl. The girl is the old landlady of the house; the garden is part of her dreams of the past.
65th anniversary edition of this award-winning, timeless classic about Tom's adventures in his secret, midnight garden.
New edition of a moving and intriguing story about a girl's determination to solve a hidden family mystery, written by the author of Tom's Midnight Garden.
When Bet is first asked to go into the meadow and read a passage aloud from a book - apparently to no-one - she wonders why. But then she realises that her audience is a little mole, who listens attentively. This isn't just any mole. This mole can speak, he is more than 300 years old and he has an amazing tale to tell.
A collection of gorgeous, classic stories from award-winning Philippa Pearce, bringing a little bit of magic to the everyday!
SUMMARY: Although Ben longed for a dog, he could not have one because he lived in a London back street. His grandfather gave him a picture of a tiny dog which seemed ridiculous, but, that was the start of the strange adventures which led to Ben finding a dog of his own.
