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| Genre/Form: | Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pearce, Philippa. Squirrel wife. New York, Crowell [1972] c1971 (OCoLC)575741400 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Philippa Pearce; Derek Collard |
| ISBN: | 0690766785 9780690766783 0690766793 9780690766790 |
| OCLC Number: | 286137 |
| Description: | 61 p. illus. (part col.) 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | [by] Philippa Pearce. Design & illus. [by] Derek Collard. |
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Beautiful, myserious folk tale
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Jack, a poor pig herder lives with his elder brother at the edge of the forest. His brother...
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Jack, a poor pig herder lives with his elder brother at the edge of the forest. His brother warns Jack to never go deep into the forest because of the green people. One evening during a storm, Jack hears someone calling from the forest. Near a fallen tree, Jack discovers one of the green people trapped. Jack frees the injured man and returns him to the green people. For Jack’s kindness, the lord of the green people gives a gold ring to Jack and tells him that he must give it to a female baby squirrel. Jack follows these instructions; in the autumn, Jack discovers a strange, small woman with a gold bracelet. She is Jack’s squirrel wife. They live well in the deep forest until Jack’s brother accuses Jack of stealing. The townspeople imprison Jack but the squirrel wife rescues Jack from prison. They return to the green people where Jack must choose to have his wife or the squirrel that she as become. Jack chooses wisely and he and his wife live happily outside the forest. This beautiful original folk story has mystical, soft-colored pencil and ink drawings. They complement well the story’s setting. This story would appeal to a wide range of elementary school readers with enough suspense and romance to appeal to boys and girls.
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