Joe lives at the top of a very tall house in a smoky town, and Timothy lives at the bottom. They usually meet in the middle - on the landing where Jessie lives - and together the three of them find that living in the tall house can turn the most ordinary events into exciting adventures!
Joe lives at the top of a very tall house. Timothy lives in a basement. But it's not until the two boys meet in the Park and later bump into each other on the stairs that they discover they both live in the very same house! From then on, Joe and Timothy, with their new friend Jessie who lives in the middle just off the landing, share just about everything - games, friends, outings - and a big surprise!
Dorothy Edwards needs no introduction as an ahor who knows and understands young children. In this collection she has selected some very short stories by well-known authors and each one is highly illustrated. Each tale is just the right length for story-telling and children will soon be asking for their favourites to be read to them again and again.
Seen through the eyes of Nan, a young girl in service who worked hard all her life, these nine stories give a picture of life in Victorian times. Nan was Dorothy Edwards own Auntie and the tales were told to the author when she herself was a child. By the author of My Naughty Little Sister.
Mr Arnold Nettle, a shy young telegraph clerk, arrives in a secluded English village as summer ends. Through the post-office window he sees a beautiful woman, Olivia, walk past and her appearance seems to herald a new hope for his life. Then her confident, secure family invite him to their home to play his cello and gently, inevitably, he finds himself falling in love. But with the slow approach of spring we see Mr Nettle s fragile hopes, just as gently fade away. First published in 1928, this, Dorothy Edwards only novel, musically interweaves her major theme - the loneliness of the human condition - with a subtle look at its consequences. Atmospheric, it is, as David Garnett said, a precise and perfect work of art.
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