In The Little Bookroom , Eleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her favorite stories describes powerful—and sometimes exceedingly silly—monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live for art rather than earthly reward; and a goldfish who wishes to “marry the Moon, surpass the Sun, and possess the World.”

Little Bookroom: Eleanor Farjeon's Short Stories for Children Chosen By Herself

Children's Books

Eleanor Farjeon

Literature & Fiction

Henry Z. Walck

the lantern bearers

SUTCLIFF, Rosemary

Phaedrus, an enslaved gladiator in northern Britain in the first century, earns his freedom by killing his best friend, a fellow gladiator, in a final fight to the death. Within days of leaving the arena he is recruited by leaders of a tribe from the far north to impersonate Prince Midir, who has been robbed of his right to kingship in a brutal attack by followers of the current ruler, Queen Liadhan. As Midir, Phaedrus is charged with reestablishing his kingship and the tribe's rule in the land. In this world of superstition and ancient ritual, of fierce loyalties and intertribal rivalry, Phaedrus finds companionship and love, and something more - a purpose and a meaning for his life as he comes to fully understand the significance of the Mark of the Horse Lord.

the mark of the horse lord

Vintage children's book of German folk tales. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

german hero-sagas and folk-tales

PICARD, Barbara Leonie

Nicholas is staying with his friend Peter Perkins. One morning they are looking for something useful to do, when, suddenly, a train comes to a halt on the railway line at the end of Peter's garden, and an old lady looking out of the window accidentally drops her bag and her spectacles. At once Nicholas and Peter, not to mention the dog Jock, climb on the train to give them back to her. And they are still on board when the train starts to move again! This is the beginning of an exciting adventure for Nicholas, Peter - and Jock - as they find themselves not only in full control of the train but also having to think very quickly in order to prevent a collision with a very fast moving diesel engine!

nicholas and the fast moving diesel

Ardizzone, Edward

When Ginger runs away from home and off to sea, his best friends, Tim and Charlotte, set off in pursuit. Funtunately, they soon find a ship's captain who signs them on board his ship as part of the crew. This is another exciting episode in Edward Ardizzone's chronicles of the intrepid, sea-going Tim.

Tim in Danger

the blue bird

French, Fiona

Boyhoods of Great Composers

Gough, Catherine

The Golden Cockerel

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich (Alexander) Gibson, Enid

Patrick

BLAKE, QUENTIN

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