Aiken's collection of eight tales, A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories, infused with magic (such as flying carpets, an oversize cat and a house that rests "on one leg") returns with more than 60 new bw illustrations by Kevin Hawkes. Copyright Cahners Business Information, Inc/5(). The Necklace of raindrops is about the North Wind being caught up, then released by a little girls godfather and how the North Wind repays the kindness of setting him free. Every birthday the girl has a raindrop with magical powers added to her necklace/5(). · Joan Aiken’s A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories is a magical book that is probably one of the best read-alouds out there for kindergarten and early elementary grades. There are eight stories in all that are short enough to hold a young Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.
and Other Stories. By Joan Aiken Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. About A Necklace of Raindrops. Here are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There's a flying apple pie, a cat that's bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that. Other yearling books you will enjoy. THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE, Joan Aiken. NIM'S ISLAND, Wendy Orr. A necklace of raindrops. A man called Mr. Jones and his wife lived near the sea. One stormy night Mr. Jones was in the garden when he saw the holly tree by. A Necklace of Raindrops. The last programme was on: Sunday 24 September A selection of short stories by acclaimed writer Joan Aiken. 5/5. The Mysterious Barricades, read by Miriam Margolyes. A civil servant goes in search of his destiny.
These eight stories tell of wonderful people and events; we meet a tiger who can run faster than the wind, a cat the size of a whale and a little girl with a magical necklace of raindrops. in Juvenile Fiction. Joan Aiken. Joan Aiken’s A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories is a magical book that is probably one of the best read-alouds out there for kindergarten and early elementary grades. There are eight stories in all that are short enough to hold a young one’s attention span yet long enough to tell a satisfying story. Premise/plot: A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Joan Aiken. Most--if not all--of the stories have a fantastic fairy-tale feel to them. The stories include "A Necklace of Raindrops," "The Cat Sat on the Mat," "There's Some Sky In This Pie," "The Elves in the Shelves," "The Three Travellers," "The Baker's Cat,""A Bed for the Night," and "The Patchwork Quilt.".
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