Juliet's story

by David by Trevor William; Getz

First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Illustrated by Robin Bell Corfield. Jacket edges are creased and nicked. Spine is slightly cocked. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW

132 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Joanne]

Charming. This grandmother would choose the toy maker too.

[Jean]

Juliet loves listening to stories and becomes depressed when her favorite storyteller, an old man in her small Irish village, dies. She finds that her best friend's interests are not the same as her own and something is going on with her parents. So when her grandmother shows up to take her on a holiday for her birthday, Juliet is mystified (she really wanted a puppy.) Juliet's grandmother is also a storyteller and a wise observer of life. This small book is a tribute to how we all find ourselves in stories and how we create our own memories and stories to share with others.

[Frank]

Charming and delightful. Juliet is a young girl living in County Tipperary who loves the stories told by the town's seanachie, Paddy Old, but when he does she becomes depressed. But then her grandmother (who has a way with a tale herself) takes her on holiday to France, and Juliet gets the experiences to tell her own story.

It's so lovely, I wonder why Trevor hasn't written anything else for children.