Skip for joy! The exuberant classic returns in a compact hardcover
edition that makes a perfect gift.
Little Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. When she is scarcely five, she
can outskip anyone in her village. By the time she's six, her name and
fame have spread to all the villages in the county. And by the time
she's seven, the fairies have heard of her. When Master Skipper
Andy-Spandy summons the sleeping little girl to Mount Caburn for a
contest, the tireless Elsie outskips even the fairies and is rewarded
with a gift of rare and lasting value. Can she use it later to save the
fabled skipping grounds of Caburn? Or will a greedy lord build a factory
where children have played for centuries?