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'An enchanting book. These pages simply quiver with the beauty, happiness and vigour of forests, seas and mountains . . . I can safely promise joy to any reader of it. Perfection' Eleanor Farjeon, Winner of the Carnegie Medal and The Hans Christian Andersen Award
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I love Jackie Morris’s introduction about the author of this book's life story. I found it inspiring and heartwarming to learn that it was written by a twelve-year-old girl’s prodigy child.
I understood how the girl's genius captures the natural world's mystery, fantasy, and wonder and expresses it with crystalline words.
From Maria's list on nature and fantasy storytelling for children.
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