The squirrel wife
Subtitle: an original fairy tale
By: by Philippa Pearce ; illustrated by Wayne Anderson
Contributors: Anderson, Wayne
Publisher: Walker
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9781406300512
Subjects: Squirrels; Juvenile fiction
Description: Everyone is afraid of the mysterious Green People who live in the woods, but one stormy night Jack is brave enough to do them a great service. As a reward the Fairy King presents him with a strange and beautiful squirrel-wife, who teaches him all the secrets of the forest. For a while life is good, but Jack's cruel and envious brother is determined to cause trouble. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Notes: Originally published: Longman Young, 1971.