Adventures at Green Knowe

Green Knowe #1-5

by Lucy M. Boston, Peter Boston (Illustrator)

A boxed set containing the first five entries in L.M. Boston's Green Knowe series.

Genres: Childrens

Box-Set

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990), born Lucy Maria Wood, was an English novelist who wrote for children and adults, publishing her work entirely after the age of 60. She is best known for her "Green Knowe" series: six low fantasy children's novels published by Faber between 1954 and 1976. The setting is Green Knowe, an old country manor house based on Boston's Cambridgeshire home at Hemingford Grey. For the fourth book in the series, A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961), she won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[1]

During her long life, she distinguished herself as a writer, mainly of children’s books, and as the creator of a magical garden. She was also an accomplished artist who had studied drawing and painting in Vienna, and a needlewoman who produced a series of patchworks.

Reviews

[Yeemk2 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Discovered in my parent's house, offloaded to mine. Interesting to re-read- featuring an orphan boy named Ping at the end, and some devil-worshippers. Makes you realize magic has always been a feature of children's lit.

[Bettina Maravolo]

Loved the audio books. Beware that the Chinese character is somewhat of a stereotype. Note but don't negate these books because of this. The stories are mystical adventures, and the narration by Simon Vance (he is as good as Jim Dale), on the audio is fabulous.