Alice-Miranda in New York

Nov 14, 2024 5:44 PM

Author:Jacqueline Harvey

Alice-Miranda is in bustling New York City. It's a blur of skyscrapers, hot dog carts, chats with zoo animals and classes at Mrs Kimmel's School for Girls, right next to glorious Central Park. Her family's glamorous department store, Highton's on Fifth, has just been renovated, but plans for the fabulous re-opening party are going curiously wrong. Is that why Alice-Miranda's father Hugh seems so worried? And why is her new friend Lucinda so shy about inviting Alice-Miranda home?

Reviews

Once more the Swallows and the Amazons have a magnificent exploring adventure, one more Mr Arthur Ransome has kept a complete record of their experiences, terrors, triumphs, and set it down with the cunning that casts a spell over new children and old

—— Times Literary Supplement

This time the Walker children are 'marooned' on an island somewhere in England, and for their adventures there is but one word - enchanting!

—— Sunday Times

Many of the adventures were set in the Lakes, but my favourite is the one set at the other end of the country: Secret Water

—— Graham Hoyland , Independent

I love this beautiful little book so much that I want to carry it around with me every day . . . Without a doubt, one of my favourite publications of 2014 and the best non-fiction book to appear in my post box. I really can't say enough good things about it!

—— Wondrous Reads

365 Days of Wonder is a wonderful book that is the perfect gift or keepsake for fans of Wonder, collectors of precepts and, actually, just everyone

—— So Many Books, So Little Time

Anthony Browne is a sublime master of the visual pun

—— Independent on Sunday

The Magritte of the pre-schoolers, Browne's illustrations are among the most distinctive and surreal of any children's artist. A beautiful tribute to a very special dad in a dressing gown

—— The Scotsman

A celebration of all things "dad" from the quirky to the moving

—— Aberdeen Evening Express

It's humorous and charming. Dads and kids alike will love it

—— Woman’s Own

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