The Country Child by Alison Uttley #joyce the little girls are whisked

the little girls are whisked away on a magic Christmas carpet ride

The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age

Richly illustrated with magical artwork by Rovina Cai (@rovinacai)

Pesto tear 'n' share Christmas tree

Ella is barely able to rescue them from the house before she collapses into the snow

The Country Child by Alison Uttley #joyce the little girls are whiskedTHE COUNTRY CHILD is a semi autobiographical story about a girl growing up in the country before the First World War. Alison Uttley has drawn on her own youth to produce memories so vivid and nostalgic that you can almost smell the honeysuckle and hear the owls calling at dusk. She writes about the small intense joys and sorrows of life on a small farm: the fun of haymaking, the sadness of favourite animals being slaughtered, and the close sweetness