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Available
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Collection
Publication
J M Dent & Sons Limited (1970), 126 pages
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1954
Physical description
126 p.; 9.37 inches
ISBN
0460057782 / 9780460057783
Local notes
Originally published as 'La freccia azzurra'.
To the Italians the Befana is the counterpart of Father Christmas. She is, however, a rather disconcerting broomstick-riding old lady who brings presents to children on Twelth Night. In this story she keeps a shop with a display of toys in the window, of which the most wonderful of all, in the eyes of little Francesco is the train called 'The Blue Arrow'. But Francesco's parents are poor. There is no hope of his ever having such a present.
To the Italians the Befana is the counterpart of Father Christmas. She is, however, a rather disconcerting broomstick-riding old lady who brings presents to children on Twelth Night. In this story she keeps a shop with a display of toys in the window, of which the most wonderful of all, in the eyes of little Francesco is the train called 'The Blue Arrow'. But Francesco's parents are poor. There is no hope of his ever having such a present.