Today begins the First Annual Classics 4 Kid's book event. Each week I and Ella from Mymcbooks.wordpress.com will be reviewing a Classic Children's book and then GIVING it away! Family Literacy will be focusing on Turn of the (20th) Century Classics and you will find favorites like Heidi, The Princess and the Goblin and Stewart Little - Ella will be focusing a series of Dickens' Classics like Oliver Twist and others. Watch for the link below so you can enter her giveaway too!
Week 1 - The Princess and the Goblin
by George McDonald (1824-1905)ISBN: 978-0060095529
Publisher: Harper Festival
Purchase on Amazon for $3.99 to $9.99 here
About the book:
She immediately took off her ring and put it under her pillow. As she did so, she fancied she felt a finger and thumb take it gently from under her palm... and then, feeling with the forefinger of her right hand, (she) soon found her grandmother's thread, which she proceeded at once to follow...
Irene is still a very young princess, but she must grow up quickly when she and her mountain home are threatened by goblins who dwell below it. Fortunately, while the goblins are busy planning their attack, irene's mysterious grandmother is also busy spinning her a magic thread which will always lead to safety. Even so, the Princess and her loyal friend, Curdie, will need all of their courage and ingenuity to outwit the cunning goblins.
My thoughts:
Irene is 8 years old and a princess living in a country house and bored with all her toys (after being stuck indoors for several days and no other children to play with) begins to wander the house. Eventually she becomes lost walking down corridors with lots of closed doors and after walking up several flights of stairs until she comes to one last staircase that leads upwards - where she hears humming.
She eventually meets Curdie, the little miner (all of 12 years old and already working) who saves Irene and her nurse who get lost on the mountain after dark (her nurse was told by Irene's King-Papa to NEVER have her out after dark - and of course this one time they are VERY late). Curdie discovers a plot by the goblins to find a "above
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Hi Tina! Great blog and giveaway! Thanks so much for stopping by and for following. It's nice to meet you and I'm now following you!
wonderful giveaway!
i did enter for ella's oliver twist with the same name as here - faith hope & cherrytea
thankyou ~
Thanks ladies!
I came from Cym Lowell's Book Review Party Wednesday (BRPW).
I haven't heard this classic before... looks good though. And goodluck to everybody entering the contest!
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