Winter Story (Brambly Hedge)

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Winter Story
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Author Jill Barklem
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's literature
Publication date
1980
Preceded by Autumn Story (Brambly Hedge)  

Winter Story is a 1980 children's book, the final of the four seasons of Jill Barklem's Brambly Hedge series. [1] In the book the biggest snowstorm in years leaves enough snow for an ice ball. [2] The Economist review of books described the book as a "(Beatrix) potter through Brambly Hedge", "mousy little tales with beautiful, busy drawings". [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ The Bookseller 1981 Page 1234 "... a large part of the children's book department with a display depicting a scene from the Brambly Hedge series ... Collins' design team spent three months creating the set, 18ft x 6ft* with a kitchen scene from "Winter Story", including ...
  2. ↑ Masha Kabakow Rudman, Anna Markus Pearce, For love of reading: a parent's guide to encouraging young Consumer Reports Books - 1988 0890432090- Page 253 "Barklem, Jill. Winter Story. Illustrated by the author. New York: Philomel, 1980. Age: 5. Chaps. 4 and 5. Accurate depiction of hedgerow life and Cornish culture form the basis of these stories for young children about the mice of Brambly Hedge."
  3. ↑ The Economist - Volume 277 1980 Page 74 It is a century away from Jill Barklem's little — Beatrix — potter through Brambly Hedge (Winter Story, Collins, £2.50, with another three in the series, one for each season). These are mousy little tales with beautiful, busy drawings — for ..."
  4. ↑ The Children's Literature Council of Central Pennsylvania 1985 "The book is a companion to WINTER STORY by the same author."
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