Fair Bay

by Eleanor Frances Lattimore

A little girl goes to visit her great-aunt on the South Carolina coast and one morning, when she goes for an early horseback ride, she discovers that the island, a summer home before a disastrous hurricane, is just as it was sixty years ago.

123 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1958

About the author

Lattimore was an American author and illustrator born in what was called the American Compound in Shanghai and raised in China where her father, David Lattimore, taught English at a Chinese government university.
Lattimore came to the United States and studied art in Oakland, California, Boston, and New York City and worked for several years as a freelance artist. She became known as the author and illustrator of more than fifty popular children's books; her first book, Little Pear, is considered a children's classic.

Reviews

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

a pleasant time travel story, that didn't go quite far enough into the long ago tragedy which the main character visits--a storm sweeping away a small island community in South Carolina. A nice read, but not one that made a huge impact on me.

[Miss C · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very sweet little children's book about a girl who is staying with her Auntie in South Carolina and has a kind of magical experience where she visits an island long since lost in a storm. Really evokes South Carolina long ago. I would have loved this if I'd read it as a little girl! I wish more of this author's books were still in print and easier to get hold of, this one was really special.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite book in elementary school.

[GlowingFalkor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very quick read, childhood book. Always loved it!