Her father, Conrad Aiken, was a Pulitzer Prize–winning poet. She wrote 92 novels, including 27 for adults, as well as plays, poems, and short stories. Joan Aiken (1924–2004) was an English writer best known for her children’s literature. This ebook features illustrations by Margaret Walty and a personal history of Joan Aiken including rare images from the author’s estate. These inventive, thought-provoking adventures remind us of the magic of language and its power to educate and enchant. He asks for a rainbow of his own to keep in his pocket, but will Jason be able to hold onto it? When the wind forgets its favorite song, Jason reminds him and is granted a wish in return. And in the title story, Jason can see the patterns in the stars and remember every tune he ever whistled. 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. 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. 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!
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