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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
No more luxury. All they have is 'The Three Chimney' ....
Thanks to Neverland reading challenge so that I could read this lovely middle grade book (I bought this one from a friend nearly three years ago). It's like someone telling you a story that you'll never get enough. I found myself really care about the mother and also the children (Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis). Though living in a cottage wasn't easy for them at first, they magically turn their fate into a wonderful adventure. This story taught me about loyalty, friendship, and also loving-kindness. By the way, 'The Three Chimney' is the house that lies beside the railway track.
I feel so related to Roberta in some particular way. Besides, they all have their own ways to show their love to each other. My favorite part is when the children wave flags so the driver and the fireman had got off the train engine for the sake of preventing the train that could go crashing into the awful mound. How brave they are!
Thanks to Neverland reading challenge so that I could read this lovely middle grade book (I bought this one from a friend nearly three years ago). It's like someone telling you a story that you'll never get enough. I found myself really care about the mother and also the children (Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis). Though living in a cottage wasn't easy for them at first, they magically turn their fate into a wonderful adventure. This story taught me about loyalty, friendship, and also loving-kindness. By the way, 'The Three Chimney' is the house that lies beside the railway track.
I feel so related to Roberta in some particular way. Besides, they all have their own ways to show their love to each other. My favorite part is when the children wave flags so the driver and the fireman had got off the train engine for the sake of preventing the train that could go crashing into the awful mound. How brave they are!
It's an okay book. I had a hard time getting into it. Also, Peter is so obnoxious and his sisters keep apologizing to him when he is such a bully that I just didn't enjoy it much.
Edward Eager's books were some of my favorites growing up (and still are) and he never made even the tiniest secret about the fact that he was heavily influenced by E. Nesbit (in fact, she and her stories are referenced by characters in each of his Tales of Magic books). Reading this, I can absolutely see so many similarities — probably most especially with Eager's Magic or Not?, as in both books the children make friends with various people in the town, being heroes of a sort and having a positive impact on the community as a whole.
Nesbit did an amazing job at telling the children's story from their perspective (though in third person), so that we are only directly told what they know, yet there are many things we can easily guess before they figure them out. They feel like real kids — optimistic and adventurous, yet still flawed in their own ways, and just a bit naïve in their tendency to trust everyone they meet.
Nesbit did an amazing job at telling the children's story from their perspective (though in third person), so that we are only directly told what they know, yet there are many things we can easily guess before they figure them out. They feel like real kids — optimistic and adventurous, yet still flawed in their own ways, and just a bit naïve in their tendency to trust everyone they meet.
So sweet, and full of delightful things like good deeds and sugar-iced buns.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have a soft spot for books of spunky children, especially girls, at the turn of the century. This is a delightful story, and I would say truly is a children's classic if ever there was.
Passages from this book appeared in the homeschooling textbook "Writing With Ease," so I decided to read the whole book to my kids (7 & 9) - it's a book written and set around 1906 in England, and its about 3 kids from a comfortable city background whose father is arrested on charges of treason (though this is not revealed for some time) and are forced to live a poorer life in the countryside near a railway station, which then becomes central to their lives. Not great literature, but good reading for the kids, overall.
Steeped in the middle class values and sexism of its day, but still enjoyable enough for children, I guess.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No