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L. M. Boston’s classic Green Knowe series is back. Enjoy these timeless stories in five new beautiful editions.
Granny Oldknow went away for the summer and rented her home to an anthropologist, Maud Biggin, and her companion for the summer. Maud decided to send to The Society for the Promotion of Summer Holidays for Displaced Children to order two children for the summer. She then invited her young great-niece Ida to come to take them off her hands. She thought it would be nice to have children around and she assumed that children were as able to take care of themselves as cats are. They only needed to be fed them and turned out and they'd be fine. In this case, Maud is right. Oskar, Ping and Ida manage very well through all kinds of challenges. They spend each day exploring the river and each evening mapping all the strange things they've encountered. The magical, mystical summer of exploration and adventure is one that the three of them will never forget. Part of the "Green Knowe Chronicles." 2002 (orig. 1959), Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic,
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Mary Cruz
reviewed River At Green Knowe on July 16, 2016
River At Green Knowe
The River at Green Knowe is the third book that I've read in the series by Lucy M. Boston and I found it to be as enchanting as the others.
In this story, the children - Ida, Oskar and Ping - go to stay at Green Knowe with Ida's Great Aunt Maud and her friend, Miss Bun. The adults let the children plan their own summer holiday, so Ida, Oskar and Ping embark on wonderful adventures along the many waterways around the house.
For me, the charm of the story lies in the descriptions of the river and the wild life. Lucy M. Boston brings the setting alive. She is also adept at introducing truly magical elements into her storytelling; an important feature in her writing.
I was particularly "taken" by the last conversation in the book, which I will quote in full:
'Ida said,"I'm sorry, Ping. One can't do anything for grown ups. They're hopeless."
Ping sighed. "I can't understand, when it's the thing they most want in the world, and it's there before their eyes, why they won't see it."
"They are often like that," said Oskar, wisely. "They don't like now. If it's really interesting, it has to be then."'
This was an ideal quick read for a hot summer's day!
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