She travels on the train in the company of the guard alone at the same age to go and stay in the country. Edwards' most famous stories are of My Naughty Little Sister, which she conceived to keep her daughter, Jane, quiet whilst on a family holiday in 1950. It also bugged me how the little sister was declared naughty in one story because she said thank you at the slightly wrong time, and how a visiting girl the mother was watching was declared good because she would only eat bread and butter and not the baking? This complete book felt like a sister complaining about her lil sister and also adoring her at the same time.

Talk about creating a self-fulfilling prophecy and it sure didn’t feel like there would ever be camaraderie between the siblings based on the narrator always tattling on the younger sister.In both 1977 and 2004 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1984 she won the Eleanor Farjeon Award. The children proceed to dare each other to steal first sweets and silver balls from the trifle, and then the cream and sponge, until finally they are forced to eat the whole thing. That trifle story is the first one I remember her reading to us and I can still remember all those details and how they were sick all night! Applicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for UK or EU consumers do not apply to certain products and services.

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An enchanting collection of stories about the most famous little sister in the world, with the beautiful and iconic illustrations by Shirely Hughes.She also edited several anthologies of short stories, folklore and poetry for children, chiefly on the subjects of magic, witchcraft and ghosts. This will be gifted straight to my sister, who listened to the stories with me over and over … and remembered my own misdemeanors more than hers. Written in the first person, the narrator takes on the persona of the wise older sibling commenting with benign superiority on the mischief making and scrapes of her lovable little sister. Ojalá alguien alguna vez me explique por qué se daría a leer a niños en esta época, 60 años después y con tantos avances. She delighted in visiting schools and meeting children, her warmth and obvious enthusiasm held audiences spellbound.

You can almost hear the conspiratorial humour in Dorothy Edwards’ voice as she asks readers whether they can think of ‘anything more dreadful’. My Naughty Little Sister has charmed generations of adults and children alike thanks to Dorothy Edwards’ playful stories and Shirley Hughes’ beautiful illustrations. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.

It's a very clever device because any child listening to or reading the stories is directly addressed and immediately given the status of the Wise and Good themselves. Despite language of yesteryear he loves these short stories which are so simple yet so very entertaining. She’s curious about what’s in a chimney and sticks a feather duster up and then tries to hide all the soot!