The Old Nurse's Stocking-Basket

This is a timeless classic collection of bedtime fairytales by Eleanor Farjeon, with evocative line drawings by Edward Ardizzone.

Every night when the children were tucked up in bed, the Old Nurse would pull out a pair of stockings from the mending-basket and while she threaded her needle she would look in her memory for a story that fitted the size of the hole. The children always stopped their bickering at once, for none of them wanted to miss her extraordinary stories of princes and princesses, Greek gods, sea captains and other wonderful characters she had come across in her hundreds of years as a children's nurse. All the tales were so entrancing that the boys could hardly be blamed for sometimes making large holes on purpose, so that they'd have a long story to match!

About the author

Eleanor and her brother Herbert Farjeon were born in the 1880s into a highly literary family. Eleanor published nearly 70 books, most of them were for children. She won many literary awards and the Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle.

Summary

Every night when the children were tucked up in bed, the Old Nurse would pull out a pair of stockings from the mending-basket and while she threaded her needle she would look in her memory for a story that fitted the size of the hole. The children always stopped their bickering at once, for none of them wanted to miss her extraordinary stories...

Product details

• Authors: Eleanor Farjeon, Farjeon Eleanor
• Assisted by: Edward Ardizzone (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 9
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.07.2016
• EAN: 9780141368689
• ISBN: 978-0-14-136868-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Puffin Books; A Puffin Book; A Puffin Book; Puffin Books
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, Interest age: from c 5 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction