October 2009 Good Housekeeping selection.
On My Bookshelf by Philippa Gregory...
I find a lot of children’s books too drab and realistic – they should have a bit of magic. I read this book when I was six and had to spend months in bed with bronchitis. The story is of a boy and a princess who go into a mountain inhabited by goblins. It’s scary, but not so scary that you think the protagonists won’t triumph, and it taps into a child’s desire for adventure when they are starting to discover the world.
Philippa Gregory's new book, The White Queen, is out now.
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The ageless story of mystery and magic, good and evil. Princess Irene's discovery of a secret stair to the top turret of the castle leads to a wonderful revelation. At the same time, the miner's son Curdie overhears a fiendish plot by the goblins who live below the mountain. But it will take all their wit and courage, and the help of Irene's magic ring, to make sense of their separate knowledge and foil the goblins' schemes.
The Princess and the Goblin features in the following genres: eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, Temporary Thema
The Princess and the Goblin is available in Paperback
The Princess and the Goblin was written by George MacDonald, Arthur Hughes and published by Puffin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Princess and the Goblin has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Puffin Classics series
