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Puffin Books (1968), Edition: New Ed, Paperback, 80 pages
Description
This is a magic garden. Everybody knows that. An old lady lives in here all alone, and she can make things happen.
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
This brief chapter book from the author of the classic Green Knowe Chronicles follows a young boy as he explores an enchanted garden. "You can go anywhere you want, if you really want to," the little old lady with the beautiful, young voice tells Joseph, and sure enough, he finds himself
While not one of Boston's more memorable books, The Castle of Yew provides an enjoyable read, and is a far more intelligent story for this age level than many of the chapter books currently being published. There is nothing cutesy here, and the author never speaks down to her audience.
It is worth noting that this book is exceptional, among Boston's work, for being one of her only titles not illustrated by her son, Peter Boston. The many black and white drawings here are provided by the marvelous Margery Gill, whose illustrations have graced the works of Ruth M. Arthur, Susan Cooper, and Rosalie Fry.
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transformed...While not one of Boston's more memorable books, The Castle of Yew provides an enjoyable read, and is a far more intelligent story for this age level than many of the chapter books currently being published. There is nothing cutesy here, and the author never speaks down to her audience.
It is worth noting that this book is exceptional, among Boston's work, for being one of her only titles not illustrated by her son, Peter Boston. The many black and white drawings here are provided by the marvelous Margery Gill, whose illustrations have graced the works of Ruth M. Arthur, Susan Cooper, and Rosalie Fry.
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Original publication date
1965
Physical description
80 p.; 7.48 inches
ISBN
0140303561 / 9780140303568
Local notes
Joseph is fascinated by an old house and its mysterious garden. On finding a lawn created like a chess board with pansy-and-turf squares and yew cut into the shapes of the chess pieces, Joseph finds himself naturally small enough to fit into the rook hedge-sculpture - the yew castle of the title.