From: Steven Engelfried <sengelfried>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:17:46 -0700 (PDT)

One vivid memory I have from childhood is when my oldest sister (17 or so) read Eleanor Farjeon's "The Silver Curlew" to my younger sister (6 or 7) and I sort of listened in. At 9 or 10, I considered myself too old to be read to, and a fairy tale with a
 female hero certainly wasn't for me. But I got totally hooked, and listened to the whole thing. It's a wonderful retelling of "Tom Tit Tot" (a folklore relative of
"Rumpelstiltskin"), and an original tale in its own right, very suspenseful and also fun ny. I'll never forget the scene where Poll, after all the desperate adventures she's been through (involving many Queer Things and an evil Little Black Imp), climbs through the window at the crucial moment and shouts out "Nimmy Nimmy Not!" Every few yea rs since I would re-read this book, until I finally had the chance to share it aloud with my own kids. It's long been out of print, so I don't get the chance to recommend it at the library, and I just bring it up as another example
 of how those read-alouds can stick with you...
 
-Steven Engelfried, Beaverton City Library
 12375 SW 5th Street
 Beaverton, OR 97005
 sengelfried at yahoo.com




                
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