Growing Summer

The Gareth children are sent to Ireland to stay with their eccentric distant relative, Great Aunt Dymphna, who lives in a ramshackle house and expects them to fend for themselves. Despite tears and mishaps, they learn something new every day and living with Great Aunt Dymphna becomes an adventure.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 06 May 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

A delightful and uplifting book, "Ballet Shoes" is written by the author of "Ballet Shoes." With stunning illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, it is a joyous and sunlit tale. For me, it stands as the finest work by Noel Streatfeild.

You have an entire wing of the house to yourselves, my dear children. The magnificent world outside awaits your play. All the bountiful offerings of the earth are at your disposal, yet you persist in asking foolish questions until my head spins. Please help yourselves, children. Help yourselves. With a flutter of her cloak as if shooing away a flock of chickens, Great Aunt Dymphna swiftly departed.

This summer will be different for the Gareth children. Their father, an epidemiologist, is ill abroad, and their mother must go to assist him. As a result, Alex, Penny, Naomi, and Robin are sent to Ireland to reside with their eccentric distant relative, Great Aunt Dymphna.

Great Aunt Dymphna is unlike anyone the children have ever encountered. She resides in a dilapidated house, quotes vast passages of poetry, and flits about like a magnificent bat. To their dismay, she expects them to fend for themselves. Despite their tears and numerous mishaps, they learn something new every day, and living with Great Aunt Dymphna becomes an exhilarating adventure.

Weight: 200g
Dimension: 126 x 197 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349014449