Coppertop: The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child

by Harold Gaze

The story is about a little girl who meets all manner of strange gnomes, fairies and creatures after she goes to sleep at night. She also has two invisible brothers whom she created so as to not be along while her parents travel for the crown.

338 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1924

About the author

Harold Gaze was born in New Zealand in 1885. He studied art in London, moved to Australia during WWI, and finally settled in Pasadena, California in 1927, where he lived for over 30 years. Here he became known as a “The Bubble Man” and was frequently seen walking the neighborhoods in his top hat and cane. A celebrated writer and illustrator of children’s fantasy fiction, Harold delighted readers with more than a dozen original stories including "Coppertop," "The Goblin’s Glen," and The Merry Mite series. His work can be found in the collections of Scripps College (six works made for Miss Scripps herself), the National Museum of American Illustration, the Pasadena Museum of History, San Diego Museum of Art, and the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection of Children's Illustration (Brandywine River Museum).

Reviews

[Whitebeard Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Often these older children's stories are equally entertaining for adults. Coppertop might just be the exception. The tale is so simple that the reader might equally suspect that the child was not the "quaint" one but rather that would be the author. Still, I did get some interesting thoughts from the time spent.