Books with author Eleanor. Farjeon

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard PROLOGUE PART I One morning in April Martin Pippin walked in the meadows near Adversane, and there he saw a young fellow sowing a field with oats broadcast. So pleasant a sight was enough to arrest Martin for an hour, though less important things, such as making his living, could not occupy him for a minute. So he leaned upon the gate, and presently noticed that for every handful he scattered the young man shed as many tears as seeds, and now and then he stopped his sowing altogether, and putting his face between his hands sobbed bitterly. When this had happened three or four times, Martin hailed the youth, who was then fairly close to the gate. "Young master!" said he. "The baker of this crop will want no salt to his baking, and that's flat." The young man dropped his hands and turned his brown and tear-stained countenance upon the Minstrel. He was so young a man that he wanted his beard. "They who taste of my sorrow," he replied, "will have no stomach for bread." And with that he fell anew to his sowing and sighing, and passed up the field. When he came down again Martin observed, "It must be a very bitter sorrow that will put a man off his dinner." "It is the bitterest," said the youth, and went his way. At his next coming Martin inquired, "What is the name of your sorrow?" "Love," said the youth. By now he was somewhat distant from the gate when he came abreast of it, and Martin Pippin did not catch the word. So he called louder: "What?" "Love!" shouted the youth. His voice cracked on it. He appeared slightly annoyed. Martin chewed a grass and watched him up and down the meadow. At the right moment he bellowed: "I was never yet put off my feed by love." "Then," roared the youth, "you have never loved." At this

First published in 1952, Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon’s Kings and Queens is a children’s classic. The charming poems, each one dedicated to a different king or queen, tell the story of the forty-one English monarchs from William I to Elizabeth II in a humorous and charming way that has delighted generations of children and their parents. This CD, read by actors Isla Blair and Julian Glover, includes Kings and Queens in its entirety, as well as a selection from the Farjeons’ Heroes and Heroines, an account of the deeds of heroes and heroines from around the world, including Alexander the Great, Julius Cesar, Robin Hood, Christopher Columbus, Sir Francis Drake, George Washington, Napoleon, Florence Nightingale, and Buffalo Bill, among others.

This book is in good condition with no dust jacket the The cover does have some signs of wear and markings of an old price sticker. On the inside cover there's an ownership name inscription. Some discolored on the front and back cover pages. All the pages in the book are in good condition with no writing or tears. Location 64 by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon