The River at Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston

Fantasy and realism in exotic blend in a book which may prove a bit too sophisticatedly English for some American children. Ida, Oscar and Ping are staying with Ida’s great-aunt at the ancient, river-encircled house of Green. And so begins a wonderful, magical summer.

Ida's aunt was an anthropologist- and giants of the past were her passion, but when the children kept their dreams to themselves. This is the third title in the well-loved Green Knowe series from Carnegie Medal winner Lucy M. 'The everyday becomes magical and the magical becomes believable.'-Chicago Tribune 'Fantasy and reality in exotic blend.'-Kirkus Reviews 'Outstanding and imaginative.'-School Library Journal -, 'The everyday becomes magical and the magical becomes believable.'-Chicago Tribune 'Fantasy and reality in exotic blend.'-Kirkus Reviews 'Outstanding and imaginative.'-School Library Journal, 'The everyday becomes magical and the magical becomes believable.'- Chicago Tribune 'Fantasy and reality in exotic blend.'- Kirkus Reviews 'Outstanding and imaginative.'- School Library Journal, Green Knowe still exerts its magic for the right children - but to those who encountered it in The Children of Green Knowe and Treasure of Green Knowe it comes as something of a frustration not to find Tolly and his great-grandmother and summer adventures of three sensitive youngsters, Ida, whose aunt had rented the house for the summer, and two DP children, a Polish lad and a boy from the Orient, take the reader into the magic of the waiting river, the islands, the ancient manor house, the old hermit, who had once been a bus driver, and the good natured giant who was bored with hiding out and wanted to be a clown in a circus.

The River at Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston