Bibliograph

The growing summer, Noel Streatfeild ; with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone

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The growing summer, Noel Streatfeild ; with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The growing summer

Responsibility statement

Noel Streatfeild ; with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone

Summary

Summer will be different for the Gareth children this year. Their father, an epidemiologist, is ill abroad, and their mother must go to help him. So Alex, Penny, Naomi and Robin are sent to Ireland to stay with an eccentric distant relative. Great Aunt Dymphna is like nobody they've ever met. She lives in a ramshackle house, quotes swathes of poetry and flits about like a great bat. And, to the children's consternation, she expects them to fend for themselves. Despite tears and many mishaps, they learn something new every day, and living with Great Aunt Dymphna becomes an adventure

Target audience

juvenile

Classification