ISBN: 0552563447

[SR: 3718855], Paperback, [EAN: 9780552563444], Corgi Childrens, Corgi Childrens, Book, [PU: Corgi Childrens], Corgi Childrens, All the King's Horses follows Colin and Sarah's attempts to… Mehr…

[SR: 3718855], Paperback, [EAN: 9780552563444], Corgi Childrens, Corgi Childrens, Book, [PU: Corgi Childrens], Corgi Childrens, All the King's Horses follows Colin and Sarah's attempts to cure their grandfather, who is becoming more and more ill with senile dementia. The story is set in Massachusetts in the 1950s, but also in "Faerie", the world of Irish myth and magic that is conjured up by Sarah and Colin's grandfather's stories. Stevenson attempts to tie together three threads for her readers through her tale--love of horses, fantasy adventure and coming to terms with illness and old age of a relative. The children's grandfather is an Irish immigrant who did well for himself as one of the best horse-trainers in the US. He has passed on this love and talent to his grandchildren, and every summer they used to stay with him and ride every day. However, for the past two years he's been unwell, and not himself--forgetting things, unable to properly look after himself--and so his daughter (their mother) gives up work to look after him. Sarah and Colin, however, do not believe what the doctors say, and are convinced that in some way their "real" grandpa will return to them. This belief is made all the more real to them when they stumble into "Faerie", with the horses, faeries and lords who are familiar to them from Irish legends. With the help of these characters, the children revisit the land a number of times on a quest to find their grandfather. These episodes can seem somewhat abrupt and don't always work their way seamlessly into the plot, but do offer readers a chance to dream beyond their everyday horizons and give a sense of life beyond school and home. Laura Stevenson sensitively tackles the grandfather's dementia, and offers a chance for children to imagine a world beyond death and illness. However, although 10-year-old Colin's certainty that his Grandpa isn't ill, he's just been "swapped" and is inhabiting a different world, could be reassuring for children, its allegorical sense is not made entirely clear, blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality. "All the King's Horses" is therefore an appropriate read for those children who are still in the throes of make-believe, and should not be missed by any horse-mad pre-teens. --Olivia Dickinson , 291761, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 291747, Fiction, 69, Children's Books, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 5346646031, General, 280230, Fantasy, 280229, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 52, Young Adult, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 5346656031, Sword & Sorcery, 280230, Fantasy, 280229, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 52, Young Adult, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 0552563447

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780552563444], Corgi Childrens, Corgi Childrens, Book, [PU: Corgi Childrens], Corgi Childrens, All the King's Horses follows Colin and Sarah's attempts to cure their g… Mehr…

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780552563444], Corgi Childrens, Corgi Childrens, Book, [PU: Corgi Childrens], Corgi Childrens, All the King's Horses follows Colin and Sarah's attempts to cure their grandfather, who is becoming more and more ill with senile dementia. The story is set in Massachusetts in the 1950s, but also in "Faerie", the world of Irish myth and magic that is conjured up by Sarah and Colin's grandfather's stories. Stevenson attempts to tie together three threads for her readers through her tale--love of horses, fantasy adventure and coming to terms with illness and old age of a relative. The children's grandfather is an Irish immigrant who did well for himself as one of the best horse-trainers in the US. He has passed on this love and talent to his grandchildren, and every summer they used to stay with him and ride every day. However, for the past two years he's been unwell, and not himself--forgetting things, unable to properly look after himself--and so his daughter (their mother) gives up work to look after him. Sarah and Colin, however, do not believe what the doctors say, and are convinced that in some way their "real" grandpa will return to them. This belief is made all the more real to them when they stumble into "Faerie", with the horses, faeries and lords who are familiar to them from Irish legends. With the help of these characters, the children revisit the land a number of times on a quest to find their grandfather. These episodes can seem somewhat abrupt and don't always work their way seamlessly into the plot, but do offer readers a chance to dream beyond their everyday horizons and give a sense of life beyond school and home. Laura Stevenson sensitively tackles the grandfather's dementia, and offers a chance for children to imagine a world beyond death and illness. However, although 10-year-old Colin's certainty that his Grandpa isn't ill, he's just been "swapped" and is inhabiting a different world, could be reassuring for children, its allegorical sense is not made entirely clear, blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality. "All the King's Horses" is therefore an appropriate read for those children who are still in the throes of make-believe, and should not be missed by any horse-mad pre-teens. --Olivia Dickinson , 62283011, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magie, 62280011, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Krimis & Horror, 62238011, Romane & Erzählungen, 61180011, Kinderbücher, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<

ISBN: 9780552563444

'REMEMBER ALL THOSE STORIES GRANDPA USED TO TELL US ABOUT CHANGELINGS...?' Colin and Sarah can't bear the way their much-loved Grandpa seems to be slipping slowly away from the… Mehr…

'REMEMBER ALL THOSE STORIES GRANDPA USED TO TELL US ABOUT CHANGELINGS...?' Colin and Sarah can't bear the way their much-loved Grandpa seems to be slipping slowly away from them in his old age. Refusing to believe it, they decide instead that he has been stolen away and a changeling left in his place. In an attempt to find him again, they follow his path, step by step out of the land of mortals and into the Otherworld - the realm of the Faer Folk... Children's & Young Adult Fiction Children's & Young Adult Fiction eBook, RHCP<

2011, ISBN: 9780552563444

Buch, Softcover, 'REMEMBER ALL THOSE STORIES GRANDPA USED TO TELL US ABOUT CHANGELINGS...?' Colin and Sarah can't bear the way their much-loved Grandpa seems to be slipping slowly away f… Mehr…

Buch, Softcover, 'REMEMBER ALL THOSE STORIES GRANDPA USED TO TELL US ABOUT CHANGELINGS...?' Colin and Sarah can't bear the way their much-loved Grandpa seems to be slipping slowly away from them in his old age. Refusing to believe it, they decide instead that he has been stolen away and a changeling left in his place. In an attempt to find him again, they follow his path, step by step out of the land of mortals and into the Otherworld - the realm of the Faer Folk... [PU: Corgi Childrens], Seiten: 320, Corgi Childrens, 2011<

2011, ISBN: 9780552563444

Buch, Softcover, [PU: Corgi Childrens], Corgi Childrens, 2011