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Keeping Henry

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1st June 2017

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9780349009209

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BY THE BELOVED AUTHOR OF CARRIE’S WAR AND THE PEPPERMINT PIG

‘A subtle and many-layered story, one of Nina Bawden’s best’ OBSERVER

‘What a consummate storymaker Nina Bawden is’ MICHAEL MORPURGO

‘The hay stirred. There was a small nibbling sound. A furry head poked out. I saw its dark, beady eyes, its sharp, pointed ears … his eyes seemed alert and inquisitive, as if he were as interested in us as we were in him.’


Henry is only three inches long when naughty Charlie catapults him out of his nest – a poor baby red squirrel, all ragged and skinny. He is too young to survive being released into the wild, but can a squirrel be a pet?

Henry’s new human family has also had to adapt to a different way of life. Evacuated from London during the Blitz, to a farm in Wales, they were upturned from their old life just as Henry was ‘tipped out’ of his nest. Can this mischievous little creature, who makes nests out of their clothes and runs up the children like they are trees, help them to settle into their new life?

A collection that will be coveted by children and adults alike, this list is the best in children’s literature, curated by Virago. These are timeless tales with beautiful covers, that will be treasured and shared across the generations. Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you, but there are stories for everyone to love, whatever your age. Our list includes Nina Bawden (Carrie’s War, The Peppermint Pig), Rumer Godden (An Episode of Sparrows), Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden), E. Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy, The Bastable Trilogy, The Railway Children), L. M. Montgomery (The Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon series) and Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did trilogy). Discover Virago Children’s Classics.

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Observer
A subtle and many-layered story, one of Nina Bawden's best
Guardian
Throughout her career Bawden has concentrated on the careful depiction of character, feelings and behaviour
Michael Morpurgo
What a consummate storymaker Nina Bawden is