Young Read 1 Stories Gnomes Goblins (Young Reading

by Christopher Rawson

If you'd like to share an adventure inside Goblin Hill, learn how to trick a gnome or find out where pixies go to party, dive into these stories. But take care! A goblin ghost awaits you at the end.Please ask if you need a specific version. The data provided here may not be correct. With buying and not asking you are accepting the book as is.

Genres: Childrens

48 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1982

About the author

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Christopher^Rawson writes children's books, and is often associated with Usborne publishing. Also writes under C. J. Rawson

See also:
Christopher Rawson, F.I.C. F.C.S.

Reviews

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yep I have yet another strange book floating around my shelves and wouldn't you know it would have to do with the Little People ;). Sounds like it is right up their alley....

This book is a very shortened version of a reading primer for school children and without the questions that normally follow such texts. As a result the focus is more to present nice reading stories to beginning readers with easy words, a straightforward plot and a fun presentation. And also since of its shortness it is a much friendlier book to carry around then would have been normally the case.

Furthermore this small primer is a nice veer away from "I Can Read" books that tend to normally be either very modernistic, nonfiction or Dr. Seuss while presenting the reader with an access to a bit of fantasy folklore. It is so nice to actually see a change of subject for once while I can say I wish I had had this book when I was much younger, especially since most of the folklore is actually true to life with the exception of time standing still for a fairy party.

The illustrations were probably the only main part that I didn't appreciate. I can say I love how they took most of the speaking parts of the characters and tucked the words into word bubbles in the illustrations to show them speaking. Otherwise the characters were colorful, simple and just a bit too cartoonish for my taste. Nor did the book give the beings much difference so you couldn't really tell the difference between the faye races, especially when it came to the second story where there were not only fairies but elves and goblins as well.

All in all it was a fun book full of some fairy lore so I would strongly recommend it for younger readers who are into the fantastical creatures and beings that may inhabit our world.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the first chapter of the book but others are not really for me.

[Mother Hen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun book of 4 short stories about old-time northern European mythology/fairy-tales.

[Tracey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of very sweet stories on gnomes and goblins. My favourite has got to be Willo the Wisp. James is very curious about a light that constantly glows in the distance. He speaks to his mother about it and she warns him not to follow it, as it is the light of Willo the Wisp who lures people into the marsh and never find their way back again. Does he listen ..... of course no. He gets warned by a frog and an owl on his journey to investigate the light, and still he continues on. You'll have to read the story to see how it ends.

[Kevan · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you'd like to share an adventure inside Goblin Hill, learn how to trick a gnome or find out where pixies go to party, dive into these stories. But take care! A goblin ghost awaits you at the end.

The Series One books are for readers who have just atrted reading alone.