So we enter a day of endless possibility in Mark Twain's classic tale.
He called it a 'hymn to boyhood', and this unforgettable story of a boy
growing up in a small town on the Mississippi has become an all-time
favourite, not just in America, but around the world. The original
boyhood hero, the irrepressible Tom is an irresistible mix of
exuberance, bad behaviour and bravado. Whether he is tricking his
schoolmates into whitewashing a fence, running away to become a pirate
with his friend Huck Finn, witnessing a murder, discovering treasure, or
falling in love with the lovely Becky Thatcher, trouble, good humour and
adventure are never far away.Robert Ingpen's illustrations create a real
sense of time, place and character: each image an enchanting evocation
of a distant time in the American South.