Pandora of Parrham Royal: Violet Needham. Collins 1951.

At times, I wondered if this really was a children’s book. I suppose it is, but ( Read more... )

Lavender at the High School: E. C Mathews, Blackie

At its best, this was an absorbing read. ( Read more... )

A book-related post!

It’s perhaps unfair to compare these two children’s books about two civil wars, but I read them quite close to each other, so the comparison came readily. Irene Hunt wrote ‘Across Five Aprils’ about the American civil war, as experienced by one Jethro Creighton, while Dorothea Moore (whom I've never posted about here before although I have copies of her books) wrote ‘Perdita, Prisoner of War’ - yes, I admit the title made me grab for it – about Perdita Eynescliffe’s experiences in the English civil war.

I say it’s unfair to compare them chiefly because ( Read more... )