The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street

The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street
Sarah Webb, Rachel Corcoran
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NZ$ 38.99
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NZ$ 31.97
Paperback
h216 x 150mm - 320pg
20 Sep 2021 IRE
International import eta 10-19 days
9781788492478
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Dublin 1911When Eliza Kane and her brother Jonty move from the leafy suburbs of Rathmines to a tenement flat on Henrietta Street they are in for a shock. Pigs and ponies in the yard, rats in the hallways and cockroaches or ' clocks' underfoot!When they meet their new neighbour, Annie, a kind and practical teenager and her brothers, and a travelling circus comes to town, offering them both jobs, helping Madam Ada, the bee charmer, and Albert the dog trainer, things start to look up. When a tragedy happens in the tenements, Eliza, Jonty and their new friends spring into action. A tale of family, friendship and finding a new home, with touch of magical bees!
The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street is another wonderful children' s book by Sarah Webb. In it she vividly brings to life all the hardship of Dublin' s teeming, overcrowded tenements, where young artist Eliza and her bother Jonty move to, following the downturn of their father' s fortunes. However despite the searing poverty all about them Eliza soon discovers true friendship as she gets to know her new neighbour Annie. The arrival of Wilde' s Circus brings excitement and colour to the drab city streets and Eliza soon finds herself not only caught up in circus life but learning all about bees and the magic of how to how to charm them from the mysterious Madam Ada. I loved this book! I was bowled over by the huge amount of research that has gone into telling Eliza' s story. Eliza' s courage and kindness shine out on every page in this brilliantly researched and exciting novel by one of Ireland' s finest writers. This captivating story will touch the hearts of all young readers. -- Marita Conlon McKenna This is such a beautiful book and I enjoyed every single page. It' s sad, uplifting, warm and sweet. Sarah tackles difficult subjects in a gentle, sensitive way. Eliza is a great heroine, and her world of Henrietta Street and the circus will linger with me for a long time. -- Judi Curtin
Sarah Webb is a children' s author who combines writing with schools visits, reading and giving workshops at festivals, and teaching creative writing. She has won two Irish Book Awards for her children' s books (for A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea and Blazing a Trail), as well as the Children' s Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children' s Books, awarded in 2015. Sarah worked for many years as a children' s bookseller and was writer in residence for Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2016/2017: she is currently the Children' s Literary Advisor to Listowel Writers' Week. For more, visit www. sarahwebb. info Rachel Corcoran is a freelance illustrator and designer from Dublin, Ireland. A member of Illustrators Ireland, Rachel' s work appears in children' s books and book cover illustrations. Rachel also runs her online shop where she sells her earth-kind illustrated greeting cards and prints. When Rachel is not illustrating, she loves to bake with her helper Billie the cat, garden with her outdoor cat Socks, and read books that are set in times long ago.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781788492478
Published: 20 Sep 2021
Published In: Ireland
Imprint: O'Brien Press
Publisher: O'Brien Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 150mm
Spine: 20mm
Pages: 320

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