Elsie Piddock skips in her sleep
By: Eleanor Farjeon ; illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Contributors: Voake, Charlotte, ill.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Rope skipping -- Fiction; Fairies -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Elsie Piddock has such a talent for rope skipping that the fairies on nearby Mount Caburn award her a magical rope and, many years later at the age of 109, Elsie returns to skip again and save the mountain from the destructive plans of the greedy new owner.