New Releases by Philippa Pearce

Philippa Pearce is the author of Minnow on the Say (2023), Tom's Midnight Garden 65th Anniversary Edition (2023), Familiar and Haunting (2010), The Squirrel Wife (2007), Battle of Bubble and Squeak (2005).

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Minnow on the Say

release date: Oct 12, 2023
Minnow on the Say
An exciting riverside mystery from the author of Tom''s Midnight Garden.David makes an amazing discovery: At the bottom of the garden, bobbing on the river, is a canoe. The Minnow. David can''t help wishing he could keep her . . .The Minnow leads him to Adam, and an extraordinary summer begins. Armed with a mysterious, ancient clue, the two boys set out along the river by boat. They''re determined to find the legendary lost treasure, hidden by one of Adam''s ancestors hundreds of years before.But they are not the only people looking for treasure, and soon they are caught in a dangerous race against time . . .

Tom's Midnight Garden 65th Anniversary Edition

release date: Oct 05, 2023
Tom's Midnight Garden 65th Anniversary Edition
65th anniversary edition of one of the most popular children''s books of all time.65th anniversary edition of this award-winning, timeless classic about Tom''s adventures in his secret, midnight garden.

Familiar and Haunting

release date: Nov 02, 2010
Familiar and Haunting
Familiar Here are stories of everyday life, as familiar as a piece of rope and ... as haunting as fear: Mike knows that he can''t swing over the river on the knotted rope, but with everyone watching him, he has to try. ... as haunting as a stranger: Who is the frightened-looking girl stealing plums from Nicky''s grandparents'' precious tree? ... as haunting as cruelty: How can Joe escape from his mean cousin Dicky during a family reunion?Haunting And here are stories with a supernatural twist, as haunting as the eerie whistling from the hill above Burnt House in the middle of the night and ... as familiar as guilt: A boy forgets the mysterious bottle his cousin loaned him, but when he sneaks out at night to retrieve it, the shadowy whistlers close in on him. ... as familiar as loneliness: A ghost who''s unbearably lonesome makes his neighbors suffer until a girl with a sense of the absurd shows him how things could be different. ... as familiar as love: The ghost of a boy comes back to save his father from dying in a ferocious storm. Peopled with vivid, unforgettable characters, this collection of thirty-seven stories is by turns mysterious, humorous, strange, and sad, but it is always familiar, always haunting, and always surprising.

The Squirrel Wife

release date: Jan 01, 2007
The Squirrel Wife
For saving the life of one of the green people, Jack is blessed with the love and knowledge of a squirrel-wife.

Battle of Bubble and Squeak

release date: Jan 01, 2005

The Little Gentleman

release date: Oct 05, 2004
The Little Gentleman
One day old Mr. Franklin asks Bet to go out to the field and read aloud from a book about earthworms. Why? Who is listening? Soon, Bet becomes the most trusted friend of her listener, who turns out to be a bewitched mole. At first she and the mole simply sit together in their field, reading, talking, sharing hopes and fears. But soon Bet is helping the Little Gentleman unravel his long and legendary past -- a past that includes the death of a king and a pouch of magic herbs. Bet begins to believe the mole''s powers are stronger than he knows. She thinks he can even shift her size and take her exploring in his tunnels if he tries. Nothing is impossible. When the mole finally reveals his deepest wish, Bet knows she can help him. But will it change everything?

Amy's Three Best Things

release date: Jan 01, 2003
Amy's Three Best Things
Amy is going on her own to stay with her grandmother for three nights and takes her three best things. As each night passes, she feels dreadfully homesick but then she remembers her three best things. One by one they magically come to life and transport her back home where she can see everything is well. But on the third night her house is deserted and Amy is distraught and unconsolable. However, she soon learns it is because her mother was missing her so much that she has come to visit - and there she is to reassure and comfort Amy.

The Children of Charlecote

release date: Jun 27, 2002
The Children of Charlecote
Set before the first First World War, this book tells the story of Tom, Laura, Hugh, and Margaret, whose home is the great house, Charlecote, set in the Warwickshire countryside. Despite their privileged background, the children are not always happy - their parents are stern and Tom is sent away to boarding school. But when the holidays come, everything changes and the four of them have many adventures together in the vast grounds of the house. BLOriginally published in 1968, this is a welcome reissue of a book which ''movingly shows the close bond between the "upper class" children and servants in a great house, when both feared and suffered the hand of authority.'' (20th Century Children''s Writers)

The Rope and Other Stories

release date: Jan 01, 2001
The Rope and Other Stories
A collection of short stories based on the experiences of childhood.

Tom et le jardin de minuit

release date: Jan 01, 1999
Tom et le jardin de minuit
Les vacances commencent bien mal pour Tom : il doit les passer chez son oncle et sa tante, loin de son frère qui a la rougeole. Mais pour quelle raison lui est-il interdit de quitter sa chambre la nuit ? Et pourquoi les fenêtres ont-elles des barreaux ? Une nuit, Tom, très intrigué, descend l''escalier à pas de loup... et voici qu''une porte s''ouvre sur un merveilleux jardin peuplé d''étranges personnages, où le jour, la nuit et les saisons n''obéissent plus aux lois du Temps.

Fresh

release date: Jan 01, 1988
Fresh
While playing in the river, two cousins discover a live mussel and decide to keep it as a pet.

The Way to Sattin Shore

release date: Jan 01, 1985
The Way to Sattin Shore
When a tombstone with her father''s name suddenly disappears from the graveyard, Kate, an English school girl, witnesses the unraveling of a mystery surrounding the death of her father.

Lion at School and Other Stories

release date: Jan 01, 1985
Lion at School and Other Stories
A collection of nine stories about animals, including a lion who goes to school, a lonely horse in search of adventure, and a mouse trying to avoid a mousetrap.

Wings of Courage

Wings of Courage
Clopinet, lame son of Normandy peasants in the late 18th century, escapes from his apprenticeship to a cruel tailor, and lives a Robinson Crusoe life on the wild cliffs. His affinity with the seabirds and his careful observation of them lead to him becoming a famous ornithologist.

What the Neighbours Did and Other Stories

The Shadow-cage, and Other Tales of the Supernatural

The Shadow-cage, and Other Tales of the Supernatural
A collection of stories, both haunting and mysterious, created from everyday life and ordinary things. The author also wrote Tom''s Midnight Garden, The Way to Sattin Shore and What the Neighbours Did and Other Stories.

What the Neighbours Did, and Other Stories

The Shadow Cage

The Shadow Cage
Philippa Pearce takes ordinary incidents and objects of everyday life and invests them with a power that overwhelms, threatens and disturbs.

What the Neighbors Did, and Other Stories

What the Neighbors Did, and Other Stories
What is it like to be a fly on the wall in our neighbours'' houses? With these eight gently humorous stories, Philippa Pearce lifts the lid from the neighbours'' houses and shows us the lives within.

A Dog So Small

A Dog So Small
Ben longed for a dog. His grandfather had promised him a dog for his birthday, but the promise was kept in an unusual way.

Mrs. Cockle's Cat

Mrs. Cockle's Cat
Mrs Cockle is taken on an amazing adventure when her unhappy cat runs away from her London home, but when she finds him again they share a happy new life by the sea.

The Minnow Leads to Treasure

The Minnow Leads to Treasure
Two English boys, with just an old riddle for a clue, spend a summer searching the banks of the river for a treasure hidden by the ancestors of one of the boys.
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