The Magic Pawnshop: A New Years Eve Fantasy

by Rachel Field, Mint Editions (Contribution by)

Overview

"A Small Supply of Magic on Hand For Regular Customers," is what the gold-lettering on the pawnshop's placard reads. Both excited by this advertisement and in desperate need of a miracle cure for her uncle, nine-year-old Prinda Bassett proceeds in-unknowingly setting herself up for a fantastically eccentric New Years' Eve.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798888975817
Publisher:	Mint Editions
Publication date:	11/12/2024
Series:	Mint Editions (The Children's Library)
Pages:	114
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	8 - 13 Years

About the Author

Rachel Field (1894—1942) was an American novelist, poet and decorated children’s book author. Field had a prolific literary career that began with the publication of her first volume of poetry The Pointed People (1924) and ended with a posthumously published children’s book Prayer for a Child (1944) which would go on the win a Caldecott Medal in 1945. Over the course of two decades, she would publish award-winning children’s fiction such as Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1929) and Calico Bush (1931); as well as critically acclaimed literary fiction such as Time Out of Mind (1935) and And Now tomorrow (1942); enjoying critical and commercial success both in print and on the silver screen.