Suitable for young readers and adults alike, this volume offers a collection of poems about all forty-one English Kings and Queens since William I.
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... Læs mere
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters six little girls on his travels - who beg him to tell them stories. This he does whilst they are making daisy chains, and so his wonderful tales of magicians, mermaids, pirates and pigs are here-recounted.
A facsimile capturing the essence of Sussex as it was one hundred years ago, Eleanor Farjeons' creative ramble across the South Downs celebrated in 26 poems; an inspirational landscape now embraced as the South Downs National Park, a lasting testament to Sussex.
Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to release his beloved by entertaining the six young women sworn to guard her.
Anthony grew up in the loveliest place in the world - his father called it the Eye of the Earth. But to Anthony, the 'eye of the earth' was the old mill-pond near his home - a place of... Læs mere
Every time he went out for his daily walk, Derry had to pass the corner where old Jim sat on his orange box. And every time he lingered there in the hope of a story. For Jim was a... Læs mere