The little bookroom
Subtitle: Eleanor Farjeon's short stories for children
By: chosen by herself. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Children's stories, English; Short stories
Description: In The Little Bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon mischievously tilts our workaday world to reveal its wonders and follies. Her selection of her favorite stories describes powerful✹and sometimes exceedingly silly✹monarchs, and commoners who are every bit their match; musicians and dancers who live for aft rather than earthly reward; and a goldfish who wishes to "marry the Moon, surpass the Sun, and possess the World." 
Table of contents: title: The king and the corn; title: The king's daughter cries for the moon; title: Young Kate; title: The flower without a name; title: The goldfish; title: The clumber pup; title: The miracle of the poor island; title: The girl who kissed the peach-tree; title: Westwoods; title: The barrel-organ; title: The giant and the mite; title: The little dressmaker; title: The lady's room; title: The seventh princess; title: Leaving paradise; title: The little lady's roses; title: In those days; title: The Connemara donkey; title: The Tims; title: Pennyworth; title: And I dance mine own child; title: The lovebirds; title: San fairy Ann; title: The glass peacock; title: The kind farmer; title: Old Surly and the boy.