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A review by emkoshka
The Tree That Sat Down by Isobel Morton Sale, Beverley Nichols, John Morton Sale
4.0
One of my fondest childhood memories is reading through the Doubleday catalogue every month with Mum and choosing which books to send away for. Is there anything better than getting a package of books in the mail? Beverley Nichols's Magic Woodland trilogy was one of the numerous arrivals in those days, and while I was captivated by the cover illustration and started reading the first book, I never got very far. The tyranny of choice that comes from having too many good books to read often means you never get around to reading any of them!
Happily as an adult, I still love reading children's books, particularly if they're written in such as a way as to enchant older readers. This was a charming story that had elements of Enid Blyton, C.S. Lewis and Edward Eager, three of my favourite children's fantasy authors. There's talking animals, a beautiful woodland setting, magic, good humour and philosophising and a fairytale ending.
Now that I've finally read this, I can't wait to move on to the two sequels. How lucky am I to still be able to discover that the magic in some children's books doesn't fade with age or time?
Happily as an adult, I still love reading children's books, particularly if they're written in such as a way as to enchant older readers. This was a charming story that had elements of Enid Blyton, C.S. Lewis and Edward Eager, three of my favourite children's fantasy authors. There's talking animals, a beautiful woodland setting, magic, good humour and philosophising and a fairytale ending.
Now that I've finally read this, I can't wait to move on to the two sequels. How lucky am I to still be able to discover that the magic in some children's books doesn't fade with age or time?