A Necklace Of Raindrops

Oct 6, 2024 4:27 AM

Author:Joan Aiken,Jan Pienkowski

"This is how it all began..." From 'A Necklace of Raindrops' to 'The Patchwork Quilt', here are eight classic stories to treasure and enjoy. Beginning and ending with a birthday, this spell-binding collection conjures up a world filled with magic, where wishes can come true. A necklace of raindrops that keeps its owner dry in the heaviest rainstorm; a tiger that runs faster than the wind; a huge floating apple pie with a piece of sky in it; a baker's cat who swells to the size of a whale when his mistress feeds him yeast; a house that stands on one leg - these are just some of the objects and characters that figure in these delightful stories.

Reviews

Magic has never been more elegantly shaped than in these effervescent short stories . . . The flight of imagination is delicately captured in Jan Pienkowski's accompanying silhouettes

—— Julia Eccleshare , Guardian

A Necklace of Raindrops is something that should be on every child's shelf

—— Amanda Craig , The Times

A little dark and often surreal

—— Lydia Fulton , Financial Times

Jan Pienkowski, whose magical silhouttes were never so finely matched as with the wonderful Joan Aiken's fine short stories . . . A treat

—— Evening Standard

A joy of a book, a celebration of mum's everywhere

—— Carousel

There is something about snot which intrigues at this age and Morris the Mankiest Monster provides plenty of toenails, pustules and other delights from a disgusting but friendly monster

—— Alison Walsh , Irish Independent on Sunday

Children will absolutely love it - I will leave adults to make up their own minds . . . The illustrations are wonderful - full of grisly details that children will adore, and they will delight in reading the story to you. Great fun!

—— Parents In Touch

Any book that has an embossed green bogey on the cover has already got my vote. This frankly vile book is a complete and utter joy from beginning to end . . . A revoltingly good treat for young children

—— Stacia Briggs , Norwich Telegraph

Sarah McIntyre certainly does not hold back with her illustrations of Giles Andreae's hilarious rhyming words . . . Sarah's illustrations are all beautifully drawn, with an incredible attention to detail that will have children poring lovingly over the pages

—— Book Zone For Boys

Comes across as an infant Fungus the Bogeyman in the sort of humourous rhymes of text Giles Andreae does so well

—— The School Librarian

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