The old nurse's stocking-basket / Eleanor Farjeon ; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
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TextPublisher: London : Puffin Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©1931Description: 117 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141368689; 0141368683Subject(s): Children's stories, English | Governesses -- Juvenile fictionSummary: Every night when the children were tucked up in bed, the old nurse would pull out a pair of stockings from her mending basket, and while she threaded her needle she would search her memory for a story that fitted the size of the hole. All the stories were so enchanting that the boys could hardly be blamed for making large holes in their stockings just to make sure they got a really long and thrilling story to match. A charming collection of bedtime stories. Ages 7+
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Fiction | JF FAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111069031324 |
"A Puffin Book."
First published by Oxford University Press, 1931.
Every night when the children were tucked up in bed, the old nurse would pull out a pair of stockings from her mending basket, and while she threaded her needle she would search her memory for a story that fitted the size of the hole. All the stories were so enchanting that the boys could hardly be blamed for making large holes in their stockings just to make sure they got a really long and thrilling story to match. A charming collection of bedtime stories. Ages 7+
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