These enchanting, haunting stories from Carnegie winner Lucy M. Boston have become modern classics, beautifully evoking all the magic and wonder of childhood. Now The Children of Green Knowe and River at Green Knowe are available in one edition. Children of Green Knowe Tolly's great grandmother isn't a witch, but both she and her old house, Green Knowe, are full of a very special kind of magic. There are other children in the house - children who were happy there centuries before. Running around Green Knowe's moat, gardens and mysterious rooms, Tolly slowly discovers them, their toys and animals, and their wonderful stories . . . River at Green Knowe 'What a lot of islands the river makes,' said Ida. 'We must go exploring and sail around them all.' And so begins a wonderful, magical summer. Ida, Oscar and Ping are staying with Ida's great-aunt at the ancient, river-encircled house of Green Knowe. They set out to chart the river in the canoe, and soon discover that it has some surprising and mysterious secrets.

A lonely young boy comes to live in an old English country house and has fanciful adventures with the children who played there generations ago.

"While his great-grandfaterh mendss the old patchworks in the evenings, Tolly pieces together the lives of the Oldknow family. This starts him on a hunt for missing jewels and he discovers some very special things about 'the others' who live at Green Knowe."--P. [4] of cover.

L. M. Boston's classic Green Knowe series is back. Enjoy these timeless stories in five new beautiful editions.

What if my grandmother turned out to be a witch thought Tolly. Tolly's great-grandmother wasn't a witch but both she and her house, Green Knowe, were full of a special kind of magic. There were other children living at Green Knowe - children who had been happy there centuries before.

Tolly, on another holiday with his great-grandmother at the enchanted house, Green Knowe, finds out more about the children who lived there long ago.

While eagerly following each stage of the new stone manor house his father is building to replace their old wooden Saxon hall, a young boy, part Saxon and part Norman, becomes involved with ancient magic that carries him through time. Simultaneous.

L. M. Boston's classic Green Knowe series is back. Enjoy these timeless stories in five new beautiful editions.

Features autobiographical vignettes by popular children's authors and offers more than eight hundred short articles covering every aspect of children's books, their themes, and their creators

Tolly comes to live with his greatgrandmother at the ancient house of Green Knowe and becomes friends with three children who lived there in the seventeenth century.

A young boy listens to his great-grandmother's tales of Green Knowe as it used to be and, gradually, as past and present blend, he shares the strange adventures of the former inhabitants.

Analyzes the themes and literary styles of the children's novels of authors such as S.E. Hinton, Russell Hoban, and Peter Dickinson

This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. The works of several well-known children's authors - UK and the US, traditional and contemporary - are analyzed, and using these examples, the book explores the special nature and appeal of series writing for children. As well as providing an historical overview of the series, the author raises important questions about the nature of literary criticism applied to children's literature.

Essays on authors whose works range from the traditional or reactionary, to the experimental. During this time, the "problem novel" gained ground. Competition from other media, such as the television, influenced the juvenile-book market. During this period a publishers' group was formed to give serious thought to the direction in which juvenile books should go.