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03198aam a2200373Mi 4500 001 9194B43C708D11E9BD071A7197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190507010114 008 140107s2013 enka b 001 1 eng d 020 $a 1409148149 020 $a 9781409148142 020 $a 9781409147916 020 $a 1409147916 020 $a 1409147908 020 $a 9781409147909 035 $a (OCoLC)868292658 040 $a CNSPL $b eng $e rda $c CNSPL $d OCLCO $d CDX $d LEB $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d NZTPM $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d AU@ $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCO $d NZOPO $d NZUPM $d NZRPM $d SFR $d OCLCQ $d JIU $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 100 1 $a Read, $c Miss. 245 10 $a Mrs Griffin sends her love : $b and other writings / $c Miss Read ; edited by Jenny Dereham ; with a foreword by Jill Saint. 260 $a London : $b Orion Books, $c ©2013. 300 $a 316 pages : $b illustrations 520 $a Because of our inability to recognise our climatic shortcomings from the outset, arrangements for outdoor jollities get completely out of hand ... to the sometimes rather odd passions of childhood I collect stones with holes in them Miss Read captures the essence of rural life, and in particular of village schools, as only she can. This collection is interspersed with extracts from her letters and diaries (never before published). 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $t Last day of term. $t My country childhood -- $t Sweet and sticky -- $t The real thing -- $t Delectable distractions -- $t Time for dinner -- $t Lament for the secret places -- $t Distant afternoons -- $t Sweet memories -- $t Return to Arcady -- $t Children of the trees -- $t Three ponds -- $t Silver paper and pieces of string -- $t Midsummer madness -- $t Infants long ago -- $t Trafalgar Day -- $t Restless young disciples -- $t Scriptural matters -- $t Joys on supply -- $t One afternoon -- $t Foot it featly -- $t Love and pea tea -- $t Distant revelry -- $t Friday afternoon -- $t Beyond the road sign -- $t The village school -- $t Evil genius -- $t Feeling poorly -- $t January -- $t February -- $t March -- $t June -- $t The first fortnight: January 1963 -- $t Mrs Griffin sends her love -- $t Georgie giraffe comes in sixth -- $t Buying logs -- $t The peasant's revolt -- $t Felling the tree -- $t Easy knowledge -- $t The lighter side of authorship -- $t Brief for John Goodall -- $t Lost to science -- $t Deadly sins -- $t Perseverance -- $t The fabulous coat -- $t 'Embarrassed reptile' -- $t The Queen of Hearts -- $t The last of glory -- $t Talkiing in trains -- $t Ringing off gracefully -- $t From the introduction of Miss Read's country cooking -- $t The lucky hole -- $t At the sign of the mermaid -- $t The birth of Miss Read -- $t Harvest Festival -- $t Goldfish and frog-spawn -- $t Lost property -- $t Night and day -- $t Larger than life -- $t Soft and hard boiled -- $t Eight-a-side cricket -- $t Unstable element -- $t Last day of term. 650 0 $a Village communities $z England $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Country life $z England $v Fiction. 651 0 $a England $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Dereham, Jenny, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20190507011432.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9194B43C708D11E9BD071A7197128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search