Blackberry Farm: Emily the Goat

Blackberry Farm #1

by Jane Pilgrim

Part of a series of animal stories featuring Mr Nibble, Mr Pole, Postman Joe and all the other characters of Blackberry Farm.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 1950

Reviews

[Karen Collyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I purchased these books for my children, they cost 60p per story in W H Smiths. Buying them for my grandchildren, I had to keep a list and buy them second hand from Amazon. Most cost three times the price of the earlier versions, although some sellers have the nerve to ask for a lot more. I still haven't finished collecting the set. I wish they were still in print.

[Phil Syphe · Rating 5 out of 5]

During my childhood the “Blackberry Farm” series were among my favourite and most-read books. I seem to have “lost” them during the past decade or more, though I perhaps gave them away when moving house at one stage.

Anyway, because of this I can’t recall whether I had all the titles in the series or just a certain amount. I do know that this particular book was among my collection.

Can recall little about the story now but somewhere from across the years it gives me a sort of “happy” feeling. I’m sure I’m not overrating this with 5 stars.

Can’t possibly say how many times I read this and the other “Blackberry Farm” tales, nor can I pinpoint the last time I read any of them, but at an educated guess I’ll say 1985.