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Friends at Thrush Green by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Thrush Green Ser.
It's spring in Thrush Green - but the new season brings far more than the villagers anticipate...
Miss Clare Remembers and Emily Davis by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Fairacre
In the English village of Fairacre, the retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship, as this moving volume reveals. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They felt ...Show more
Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre by Miss Read; John S. Goodall (Illustrator)
Category: Fiction
Mrs. Pringle, the lugubrious school cleaner, has always been a favorite character in the Fairacre series. Here, through the eyes and anecdotes of the schoolmistress Miss Read and others, we trace Maud Pringle's life. They include childhood visits to the village from her Caxley home, through her working ...Show more
News From Thrush Green by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Thrush Green Ser.
From the author of the Fairacre series: "The more turbulent the real world, the more charming we may find the stability of Miss Read's tiny fictional world." --Los Angeles Times Thrush Green is never quite as quiet as it first appears. When a local, long-empty cottage called Tullivers shows signs of oc ...Show more
Over the Gate by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Fairacre Ser.
"The story of the village goes back a long, long time, and it still goes on. I have listened to my neighbours' accounts of tales long ago, and with what unfailing curiosity I observe the happenings of today!" From an unusual weight-losing recipe found in an old notebook - and used with alarming conseque ...Show more
Return to Thrush Green by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Thrush Green Ser.
Spring has arrived in the beautiful village of Thrush Green - but problems are never far away. It's spring again in the village of Thrush Green, and with the changing season comes change for many of the villagers. An unexpected arrival at the local railway station is sure to disrupt more than one life; ...Show more
Summer at Fairacre by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Fairacre Ser.
SUMMER AT FAIRACRE charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the backdrop of roses, skylarks and bees. Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. ...Show more
The School at Thrush Green by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Thrush Green Ser.
As two schoolteachers plan for their retirement, readers witness the challenges they face leaving their old home and learning to drive. Once again Miss Read will satisfy fans with her happy blend of nostalgia and authentic flavor. Illustrated.
The Village School by "Miss Read"
Category: Fiction | Series: Fairacre Ser.
Read where it all began ... Miss Read classics. New to OrionFairacre is a village of cottages, a church and the school - and at the heart of the school, its head mistress, Miss Read. Through her discerning eye, we meet the villagers of Fairacre and see their trials and tribulations, from the irascible s ...Show more
Village Centenary by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Fairacre Ser.
VILLAGE CENTENARY welcomes us back to Miss Read's cozy downland village just in time for the one hundredth anniversary of Fairacre School. Miss Clare, who was a pupil and later a teacher there, points out that such a centenary should be celebrated, and all of Fairacre is quick to offer suggestions -- fr ...Show more