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The Little Bookroom

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."

Genre
fantasyfairy tale
Setting
england
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
medium · 314 pages
Form
short stories

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