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Hob Stories
The Book of Hob Stories
Hob, the friendly spirit who lives under the stairs and protects the house, must do battle with a variety of evil beings trying to take control of his family's home.
Hob and Boggart -- Hob and Nobody -- Hob and the black hole -- Hob and the sad -- Hob and the black dog -- Hob and the strange baby -- Hob and Mump -- Hob and the temper -- Hob and the cough -- Hob and the storm -- Hob and Eggy Palmer -- Hob and Sootkin -- Hob and Hinky Punk -- Hob and Sleepyhead -- Hob and Tooth Fairy -- Hob and Clockstop -- Hob and Wump -- Hob and Hotfoot -- Hob and Dusty -- Hob and Hickup.
Hob and Boggart -- Hob and Nobody -- Hob and the black hole -- Hob and the sad -- Hob and the black dog -- Hob and the strange baby -- Hob and Mump -- Hob and the temper -- Hob and the cough -- Hob and the storm -- Hob and Eggy Palmer -- Hob and Sootkin -- Hob and Hinky Punk -- Hob and Sleepyhead -- Hob and Tooth Fairy -- Hob and Clockstop -- Hob and Wump -- Hob and Hotfoot -- Hob and Dusty -- Hob and Hickup.
- GenresShort Stories
92 pages, Hardcover
First published February 28, 1991
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About the author
William Mayne
136 books16 followersWilliam Mayne was a British writer of children's fiction. Born in Hull, he was educated at the choir school attached to Canterbury Cathedral and his memories of that time contributed to his early books. He lived most of his life in North Yorkshire.
He was described as one of the outstanding children's authors of the 20th Century by the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, and won the Carnegie Medal in 1957 for A Grass Rope and the Guardian Award in 1993 for Low Tide. He has written more than a hundred books, and is best known for his Choir School quartet comprising A Swarm in May, Choristers' Cake, Cathedral Wednesday and Words and Music, and his Earthfasts trilogy comprising Earthfasts, Cradlefasts and Candlefasts, an unusual evocation of the King Arthur legend.
A Swarm in May was filmed by the Children's Film Unit in 1983 and a five-part television series of Earthfasts was broadcast by the BBC in 1994.
William Mayne was imprisoned for two and a half years in 2004 after admitting to charges of child sexual abuse and was placed on the British sex offenders' register. His books were largely removed from shelves, and he died in disgrace in 2010.
He was described as one of the outstanding children's authors of the 20th Century by the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, and won the Carnegie Medal in 1957 for A Grass Rope and the Guardian Award in 1993 for Low Tide. He has written more than a hundred books, and is best known for his Choir School quartet comprising A Swarm in May, Choristers' Cake, Cathedral Wednesday and Words and Music, and his Earthfasts trilogy comprising Earthfasts, Cradlefasts and Candlefasts, an unusual evocation of the King Arthur legend.
A Swarm in May was filmed by the Children's Film Unit in 1983 and a five-part television series of Earthfasts was broadcast by the BBC in 1994.
William Mayne was imprisoned for two and a half years in 2004 after admitting to charges of child sexual abuse and was placed on the British sex offenders' register. His books were largely removed from shelves, and he died in disgrace in 2010.
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December 5, 2009
"I liked that Hob kept cleaning the house and getting rid of the bad things."
May 18, 2021
Mayne is clever - it's remarkable how many little ordinary things he has considered in creating these stories. The problem is the length of them - they are too short (about 3 to 5 pages each, with generous illustrations) for readers to be satisfied with just one, but they are too repetitive to read a bunch at one sitting. They might work best as a little after-a-real-story digestif.
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