Sports Day
John Patience
Paperback
(Talewater Press, June 21, 2019)
A picture book from the ever-popular Tales from Fern Hollow series of 17 titles, richly illustrated in traditional style, for ages 3-93. Now back in print from the author/illustrator's (John Patience) own imprint, Talewater Press, this new edition, published in 2019, contains the same story and illustrations as the original version.All the Fern Hollow animals are excitedly preparing for the Sports Day - it is sure to be lots of fun. The only thing they didn't prepare for is a big black cloud and pouring rain! It looks like the Sports Day will have to be called off but Lord Trundle has a bright idea.At Trundleberry Manor, Lord Trundle packed the Sports Day prizes into a trunk and carried them out to his car... Suddenly, as he was driving over the bridge by the Jolly Vole Hotel, Lord Trundle’s car hit a big stone lying in the road.It was such a hard bump that the trunk containing the prizes shot off the roof rack and, with a great, SPLOSH landed in the River Ferny.Luckily the trunk floated, but it was soon caught in the current and swept away down the river.“Oh no!” panted Lord Trundle, rushing along the river bank. “Whatever shall we do?”The charming Fern Hollow stories have remained popular since they were first published in 1980.