Author Philippa Pearce died December 21, 2006 after suffering a stroke, at the age of 86. (HT: H2Oboro Blog) She wrote several books for children, including her most famous fantasy Tom’s Midnight Garden. This book is classic British fiction about time travel and the ending of childhood.
Philippa Pearce was born on January 23, 1920. Have you read Tom’s Midnight Garden or her Whitbread prize-winning book, The Battle of Bubble and Squeak? I read Tom’s Midnight Garden a long time ago and remember it fondly if not too clearly. I seem to remember a strange sort of clock that strikes thirteen to signal the onset of magical events, but I may be mixing it up with something else.
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No, you’re right about the clock. I read it aloud to my children several years ago and we enjoyed it so much I ended up tracking down a copy for us to keep.
I just saw another post about this author and this book yesterday. I’ve never heard of either, but I’m going to fix that and check out this book.
This was one of the favorite books of one of my students. I started it once but did not get to finish it. I plan to try it again this year.
Author Philippa Pearce died December 21, 2006 after suffering a stroke, at the age of 86. (HT: H2Oboro Blog) She wrote several books for children, including her most famous fantasy Tom’s Midnight Garden. This book is classic British fiction about time travel and the ending of childhood.
No, you’re right about the clock. I read it aloud to my children several years ago and we enjoyed it so much I ended up tracking down a copy for us to keep.
I just saw another post about this author and this book yesterday. I’ve never heard of either, but I’m going to fix that and check out this book.
This was one of the favorite books of one of my students. I started it once but did not get to finish it. I plan to try it again this year.
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