27 short stories full of heart and whimsy, by a Carnegie Medal-winning
author--the perfect read-aloud collection for middle grade readers who
love folklore and fairy tales
In The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our
workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her
favorite stories describes powerful--and sometimes exceedingly
silly--monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians
and dancers who live for aft rather than earthly reward; and a goldfish
who wishes to "marry the Moon, surpass the Sun, and possess the World."