Nancy and Plum
A Middle Grade, Holiday, Childrens book. Nancy grabbed Plum's hand and together they ran around the last curve and then they were leaning against the old...
'Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful' So here we are on Christmas Eve, locked up in rotten Mrs Monday's boarding house with no presents and no Christmas dinner, while all the other children have gone home for the holidays. I'm Nancy, by the way, and this is my sister Plum. Luckily, we're both pretty good at making up stories about the adventures and pretty dresses that we'd like to have, and that helps us put up with Mrs Monday and her awful niece Marybelle. But one day, we're going to escape, and maybe we'll find a nice home and a family all of our own. Wouldn't that be just wonderful?
Download or read Nancy and Plum in PDF formats. You may also find other subjects related with Nancy and Plum.
- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780099583356 / 99583356
rJV8Qm_dhI-.pdf
More About Nancy and Plum
Miss Appleby, her library books, and her story-telling sessions were very popular with all the children in Heavenly Valley. To Nancy and Plum they were a magic carpet that whisked them out of the dreariness and drudgery of their lives at Mrs. Monday's and transported them to palaces in India, canals in Holland, pioneer stockades during the Indian wars, cattle ranches in the West, mountains in Switzerland, pagodas in China, igloos in Alaska, jungles in Africa, castles in England, slums in London, gardens in Japan, or most important of all, into happy... Nancy grabbed Plum's hand and together they ran around the last curve and then they were leaning against the old stone wall that marked Lookout Hill. Far, far down below them, a river was trying to wriggle its way out of a steep canyon. Over to the right, thick green hills crowded close to each other to share one filmy white cloud. To the left, as far as they could see the land flowed into valleys that shaded from a pale watery green, through lime, emerald, jade, leaf, forest to a dark, dark, bluish-green, almost black. The rivers were like inky lines,... After splashing icy water on their faces and rubbing them fiery red with one of the rough sweet-smelling towels, they came in and took their places at the big kitchen table. This morning the table wore a bright red-and-white checked cloth and a pot of red geraniums. Mrs. Campbell handed the girls their plates, each with a slice of ham and half of a crisp, tan waffle. Betty MacDonald, Nancy and Plum //
I have a very old and battered copy of this book that belonged to my mother when she was a child. This book went through several of the girls in my family (my mom, my aunt, my cousins and me), and my mother read it to me when I was little. I still get it out and re-read it from time to time. The style is rather simplistic, but I think... What a delightful chapter book for kids! My good friend Sherri gave me this book for Christmas because she knows how much I love Betty MacDonald. I've read all her adult books (The Egg & I, The Plague and I, Onions in the Stew, Anybody Can Do Anything), and a couple of her Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, children's books. This is a classic story... So my beloved Aunt told me that I just had to read this book because the two little girls reminder her of me. So went and ordered it and while I have to admit it took me a little while to actually read it, in fact I kind of lost it on my bookshelf for a bit, when I finally sat down and read it through was happy that these spunky feisty...
