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The Squirrel Wife by Philippa Pearce6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() It is a charming collaboration between two children's book greats - Philippa Pearce and Helen Craig. This is a wonderfully reassuring bedtime book about a young girl's first night away from home. A wonderfully reassuring, magical tale, written by Philippa Pearce and beautifully imagined by Helen Craig. They have come early so they can all go to a funfair the next day. Amy cries all the way back to Granny's where she finds her mum, brother and dog waiting for her. But the third night, when she sails home in a magic boat, the family aren't there. The second night her little horse gallops her back. On the first night she misses her family and one of her three best things - a little mat - turns into a magic carpet and flies her home to see they're all right. ![]() Amy is going to stay with her granny on her own and she packs her three best things to take with her. This is a wonderfully reassuring bedtime book about staying away from home for the very first time by two major children's-book talents. ![]()
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