Dream Days - Hardcover

Grahame, Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898155460 ISBN 13: 9780898155464

Publisher: Ten Speed Press, 1993

Synopsis

The further adventures of five brothers and sisters growing up in the English countryside in the late nineteenth century. Sequel to "The Golden Age."

About this title

From the Publisher:

Kenneth Grahame's unjustly neglected collections of vignettes, reminiscences, and inventions capture the ingenuities of a family of children -- three boys and two girls -- who live magnanimous lives nourished by the secret expeditions and private games they share. Written in the last few years of the 19th century, as Grahame looked back fondly at his own childhood, these sketches of growing up are poised artfully between two states of consciousness -- that of a child protagonist and that of a remembering adult -- and so manage to evoke both the active energies of youth and the nostalgic tenderness of reflection. This book, and a companion volume entitled "The Golden Age," remain beguiling today. While their language is sophisticated, confident reader of ten and up might easily find themselves caught in the web of story the author weaves; older readers have no excuse not to revel in these marvelous volumes.

About the Author:

Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) is most famous for his classic of children's literature, The Wind in the Willows. Sandi Toksvig is a comedian and the author of Hitler's Canary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0898155460
• ISBN 13: 9780898155464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 227
• Illustrator: Parrish Maxfield