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A Necklace of Raindrops by Joan Aiken

15 replies

LadyG · 21/12/2009 23:24

I have just discovered that the beautiful edition with Jan Pienkowski's illustrations has been reissued here for anyone looking for a last minute Christmas present.

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choosyfloosy · 21/12/2009 23:25
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NotanOtter · 21/12/2009 23:26

how odd
i have bought this for my dcs but know nothing about it...

NumptyMum · 21/12/2009 23:29

I got it last week for my own Christmas! Already re-read two of the stories though, couldn't resist...

Nyx · 21/12/2009 23:32

I love that book. I have an old beaten up copy somewhere. In fact, it was that book that made me start searching out more of Joan Aiken's books and now I have quite a few

choosyfloosy · 21/12/2009 23:55

oh notanotter, they are joy on paper.

my favourite thing about them is that the parents are included in the magic -even as a child i liked this and disliked the E Nesbit version of life where parents were excluded.

NotanOtter · 22/12/2009 00:08

i am sooo pleased!!

RacingSnake · 23/12/2009 22:33

Can anyone remember which is the collection of her stories that has the story of the stick that seems to have a life of its own and turns into a sort of chrysalis?

NotanOtter · 23/12/2009 22:47

grinny oh no that was Nicholas fisk

saltyseadog · 23/12/2009 22:52

It's such a magical book. I will be ordering a copy for me when my dcs are older.

choosyfloosy · 23/12/2009 23:39

don't remember that one racingsnake

i loved More than a Few and A Small Pinch of Weather as well but don't remember a living stick.

kdk · 27/12/2009 19:09

I love all her books - especially the ones with Dido Twite but agree that A Necklace of Raindrops and A small pinch of weather are excellent - will have to see if I still have my old copies somewhere ....

notanidea · 27/12/2009 20:23

have ordered a necklace of raindrops for my dd on MNs adv.

SleighBelleDameSansMerci · 27/12/2009 20:29

Thank you for this. I have been buying second hand copies of her books for my DD (2.3) so she'll have them when she's older. I love them all. I just hope DD does too.

notanidea · 29/12/2009 23:41

The book arrived this afternoon and she has finished reading this book and said it is an amazing book and wants it to be on her window sill so she can read it again and again.Thanks.

elkiedee · 04/01/2010 15:11

I loved the collections of stories. Many of my favourites in collections like All But a Few, A Small Pinch of Weather etc were about the Armitage family, and I discovered that these have all been collected together in one volume.

I also love the Dido Twite books etc, and recently learned that there are 11 in the series including two I bought but haven't read and two I didn't own.

I've bought the Armitage family stories and the two final Dido books new, and several later collections of stories secondhand - you can get them quite cheaply via abebooks or amazon marketplace (I still have all the ones that were published in Puffin when I was a child, I think).

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