Books in Galaxy Children's Large Print series

When Nicholas's grandmother and their next door neighbor's pony-tailed, motorcycle-riding father, Lancelot Tugg, fall in love, both Nicolas's father and the man's son are ready to put a stop to the relationship, but the elderly couple is prepared to do whatever seems necessary to stay together.When Nicholas's grandmother and their next door neighbor's pony-tailed, motorcycle-riding father, Lancelot Tugg, fall in love, both Nicolas's father and the man's son are ready to put a stop to the relationship

Illustrated in black-and-white. From the author of Babe: The Gallant Pig comes the story of spirited Henrietta Hickathrift who on her seventy-fifth birthday runs away from home - the old age home, that is. Ending up in the seaside town of Saltmouth with only a few pennies to her name, Henrietta is truly, as she says, a "stray old woman"--until she's found by the five children of the Good family: Angela, Eleanor, Rosie, Barney, and Rowley. The children decide to bake the stray a cake. But what begins as a birthday party becomes a permanent adoption as Henrietta's resourcefulness and good humor make her indispensable to everyone in the family. Written with Dick King-Smith's trademark charm, this warmly humorous tale about family and good will makes it clear that no one is ever too old to find--or give--happiness.