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Farjeon, now almost forgotten, had a lyrical, dreamlike quality to her writing which modern writers could do worse than to emulate, Here she retells 'Rumpelstiltskin' in her own inimitable manner, and E H Shepard draws the pictures, Beautiful, funny and scary, all in the one fabulous book, Much of this book was more silly than I like, especially the parts with the King of Norfolk, Some of the book I enjoyed very much indeed, especially the parts with Poll, Unfortunately this is not the best example of Farjeon's work, Nor of Shephard's to be honest, It's fine if you're always looking for elaborations of fairy tales like I am, but not worth seeking out, I am a sucker for tales, and for Farjeon's poetical writing, and for the slapstick amp wordplay of the scene of getting ready for the christening, and for the sentiment amp shape of the ending, though, and so will round my rating up to four.


'Poll stomped her foot, crying, "Why doesn't anybody answer my questions" Then she sulked, because stamping in the sand gives you no satisfaction at all.
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Oh, but don't put flour on burns, Someone please, please bring Eleanor Farjeon back into print, Her Glass Slipper remains one of the best Cinderella retellings, ever, Her take on fairy tales is elegant and poetic, deceptively simple yet deeply evocative, I am searching for a copy of this book, . . Sonya Taaffe wrote a compelling review of this that made me want to give it a try, However, while I can see that it has luminous moments, it's also got a kind of whimsey to it that I couldn't stand as a child and don't like any better as an adult, so I'm afraid this one's just not for me.
Lovely illustrations, though I really enjoyed looking at those, Read this years ago and remember liking it very much, My favorite work of hers though will always be "Elsie Piddock Skips In Her Sleep", which I think I read in "Humpty Dumpty" magazine! I had not realizeduntil I went looking on the Internet for an answer to a question about this bookthat The Silver Curlew was originally a stage production, turned into a novel by its author.
I have loved the book since childhood, but the awareness of its origins gave me some additional appreciation now I see many of the scenes as they must have appeared on stagehow could I have missed that before

This is a wonderful retelling of the story of Tom Tit Totthe Norfolk Rumpelstiltskinwith some added characters and themes.
I was given this book when I was, Loved it then and still can reread with much pleasure for the wildness of it all, The magic, the imagery, the comedic moments, even the moral tale, Just revisiting Charlie Loon as he sits on his boat chatting with the puffins is a joy, There is an old Norfolk story of a little black imp with a secret name and a twirling tail, who spun twelve skeins of flax in half an hour to save the pretty head of the Queen of Norfolk.
Eleanor Farjeon has made the old tale the heart of this story for children, and round it has imagined a wonderful worldfull of memorable people, This is a rather odd expanded version of the Tom Tit Tot Rumplestiltskin story, with many additional character and settings and creatures and the Man in Moon.
There were some creepy elements the dark forest with its malicious little monsters and some lovely ones the misty shore, the moon lady who becomes a bird but these didn't work harmoniously with the tone of the rest, which seemed to be loudly humorous in the style of English children's plays.
I liked Poll the heroic little girl bravely rescuing her moron older sister, but the rest of the characters were an assembly of idiots, and it's ultimately impossible for me to find either humorous or romantic a story in which the king was ready and willing to chop off the girl's head not only at the start but after they'd been married a year and had a baby together.
One of my earliest remembered experiences of reading a 'longer' book originally read by our schoolteacher in primary school and kept the whole class enthralled, This is a retelling of Tom Tit Tot and I apparently remembered the fairytale incorrectly, but it was a fun read all the same if you're prepared for some nonsensical stuff.
The only thing I didn't like was that the story of the Lady and the Man in the Moon wasn't well blended in, Based on Rumpelstiltskin. Really charming retelling of Rumplestiltskin, with the man in the moon, and a few other things tossed in, Funny, exciting, poignant. All that such a tale should be, not to mention that Farjeon's playful love of language is a delight, Daughter of sitelink Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, sister of sitelink Herbert Farjeon and sitelink J, Jefferson

Farjeon. Eleanor Farjeon was an English author of childrens stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire, Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, Some of her correspondence has also been published, She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for childrens literature is presented annually in her memory by the Childrens Book Circle, a society of publishers.
Awards: Hans Christian Andersen Award for WritingDaughter of sitelink Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, sister of sitelink Herbert Farjeon and sitelink J, Jefferson Farjeon. Eleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire, Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, Some of her correspondence has also been published, She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers.
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