Books with title Robert and the Rainbow: And Other Stories

The rope hung from top to bottom of his dream.The rope hung softly, saying nothing, doing nothing. Then the rope began to swing very softly, very gently.. towards him.The need to face your fears; the comedy of family life; the pressure of others expectations... Intense experiences of childhood are vividly brought to life in these eight atmospheric tales.A gripping collection of short stories from award-winning author Philippa Pearce.

The 9 stories in this collection explore the magic and mystery of strange lands populated not just by ordinary boys and girls but also by elves, fairies, kelpies, and a queen with screaming hair! In “Clem’s Dream,” a boy loses his dream and asks the Slipper, Tooth, Apple, Bread, and Water Fairies to help get it back for him. In “The Queen With Screaming Hair,” 5-year-old Princess Christina of Laurestinia snips off the white whiskers of the all-powerful palace cat, Crimplesham, who then transforms her golden hair into a hundred teasing, spiteful voices. And in the title story, Jason can see the patterns in the stars and remember every tune he ever whistled. When the wind forgets its favorite song, Jason reminds him and is granted a wish in return. He asks for a rainbow of his own to keep in his pocket, but will Jason be able to hold onto it? These inventive, thought-provoking adventures remind us of the magic of language and its power to educate and enchant. This ebook features illustrations by Margaret Walty and a personal history of Joan Aiken including rare images from the author’s estate.

❝Daddy, tell us a story about a dog rainbow.❞Another night, it might have been a fish rainbow, a monster rainbow, or even a bad rainbow.These stories, about rainbows and fairies and witches and ghosts and other things, were the few that Edward remembers from the days when his children were small and appreciated the magic of fairyland and the lively imagination of his father. Most stories that he told then, including those of Cartoonland and of the Walking Heads, were told once and are gone forever. But all of the Rainbow Stories have survived.No publisher will accept this anthology. The vocabulary is for adults and older children, and the concepts are for young children.But perhaps the pleasure that Edward’s children felt can be felt by other people young at heart. There is, however, a serious message. The Fairy of Good Vision, who appears in many of the Rainbow Stories, bases her behavior and even her color on the work of rebel eye doctor William H. Bates, teaching in “The Happy Rainbow” a visual exercise that helps prevent young children from acquiring the need for eyeglasses.Take a trip to Fairyland. It’s a lovely place.

Originally published: 1922“There was once a cat which was not in the least like any cat you have ever seen, or I either, for the matter of that. It was a fairy cat, you see, and so you would rather expect it to be different, wouldn’t you? It had a violet nose, indigo eyes, pale blue ears, green front legs, a yellow body, orange back legs and a red tail. In fact, it was coloured with all the colours of the rainbow, and on that account it was known as the Rainbow Cat … It lived, of course, in Fairyland, and it had all sorts of strange adventures. I am going to tell you some of them, and I think you will agree with me that it really had a very thrilling time, one way or another.”

❝Daddy, tell us a story about a dog rainbow.❞Another night, it might have been a fish rainbow, a monster rainbow, or even a bad rainbow.These stories, about rainbows and fairies and witches and ghosts and other things, were the few that Edward remembers from the days when his children were small and appreciated the magic of fairyland and the lively imagination of his father. Most stories that he told then, including those of Cartoonland and of the Walking Heads, were told once and are gone forever. But all of the Rainbow Stories have survived.No publisher will accept this anthology. The vocabulary is for adults and older children, and the concepts are for young children.But perhaps the pleasure that Edward’s children felt can be felt by other people young at heart. There is, however, a serious message. The Fairy of Good Vision, who appears in many of the Rainbow Stories, bases her behavior and even her color on the work of rebel eye doctor William H. Bates, teaching in “The Happy Rainbow” a visual exercise that helps prevent young children from acquiring the need for eyeglasses.Take a trip to Fairyland. It’s a lovely place.This e-book is DRM-free. No digital-rights-management hassles. Easy to put on your various portable devices.The only copy protection is your conscience.

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Rose Amy Fyleman (1877-1957) was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on the fairy folk, for children. Her poem There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden was set to music by English composer Liza Lehmann. Her Christmas carol Lift Your Hidden Faces, set to a French carol tune, was included in the Anglican hymnal Songs of Praise (1931) as well as in the Hutterian Brotherhood's Songs of Light (1977). She was born in Nottingham, the third child of John Feilmann and his wife, Emilie, nee Loewenstein, who was of Russian extraction. Her father was in the lace trade, and the family were Jews who had come from Jever in Oldenburg in Germany in 1860. Her other works include: Fairies and Chimneys (1918), The Sunny Book (1918), The Fairy Queen (1919), The Fairy Flute (1921), The Rainbow Cat and Other Stories (1922), The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book (1923), Eight Little Plays for Children (1924), The Adventure Club (1925) and Forty Good Morning Tales (1926).