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Fern Hollow
Granny Bouncer's Rescue
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- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
22 pages, Hardcover
First published December 22, 1984
About the author
John Patience
280 books26 followersJohn Patience was born in Lancashire, England, in 1949 and trained in typography and book design at the Harris College in Preston, Lancashire. After college, he worked briefly as a designer for a couple of publishers in London, England but he really wanted to have his own children's books published. He did various jobs to earn a living, whilst writing and developing his skills as an illustrator.
John's first self-authored illustrated children's book was published in 1980 - 'The Seasons in Fern Hollow'. Over the next few years this grew into four further series called 'Tales from Fern Hollow', eventually totalling 17 titles.
Since then John has had more than 100 titles published in many countries around the world and translated into many languages. He has written, designed and illustrated both "flat" books and pop-up books.
He lives with his wife in rural France and as well as his writing and illustrating he enjoys producing digital sculptures.
John's first self-authored illustrated children's book was published in 1980 - 'The Seasons in Fern Hollow'. Over the next few years this grew into four further series called 'Tales from Fern Hollow', eventually totalling 17 titles.
Since then John has had more than 100 titles published in many countries around the world and translated into many languages. He has written, designed and illustrated both "flat" books and pop-up books.
He lives with his wife in rural France and as well as his writing and illustrating he enjoys producing digital sculptures.
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December 19, 2020
When kids listen to this story, they'll probably want to buy a ticket and join the animals on the train. The sentence structure is fairly 'complex' for the age of the audience, but the story itself is easy to follow.
First sentence:
The day for the annual seaside trip had arrived and Fern Hollow railroad station was packed with excited animals buying tickets, showing off new buckets and spades and exclaiming to each other what a perfectly beautiful day it was.
The kids like to study the pictures, which adds another dimension to the story.
First sentence:
The day for the annual seaside trip had arrived and Fern Hollow railroad station was packed with excited animals buying tickets, showing off new buckets and spades and exclaiming to each other what a perfectly beautiful day it was.
The kids like to study the pictures, which adds another dimension to the story.
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June 23, 2015From library catalog:
"Granny Bouncer and the other animals of Fern Hollow make their annual seaside trip, and Granny narrowly averts tragedy."
"Granny Bouncer and the other animals of Fern Hollow make their annual seaside trip, and Granny narrowly averts tragedy."
March 17, 2016
These books are the earliest memory I have of reading when I was a child. I still have all of the ones from when I was young, and my children LOVE them also!
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