Moondial | Litsy

Moondial | Helen Cresswell

so-so

This just wasn‘t my sort of book. You can‘t help but like the main character Minty, but it just lacked something...I‘m not sure what....for me.

LeahBergen

Moondial | Helen Cresswell

#AChildWithTheGhost

Araminta (Minty) is sent off to Belton House to spend the summer holidays with an elderly aunt... and begins to hear the mysterious voices of ghostly children, crying out from the past. 👻

I posted about this book a year ago but STILL haven‘t managed to find the 1980s BBC children‘s miniseries to watch. 😩

#NuYear

Cinfhen, TrishB

TrishB I think I remember this series! 6y

TrishB You can get the whole series on dvd on Amazon - not too expensive either 😁 6y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Cool cover! Looks like it would have been my kind of jam as a kid. 6y

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batsy I have a fondness for those Faber & Faber covers. With the "text box" titles on the top left like this one ? 6y

Cathythoughts Great book cover. Perfect pick 6y

LeahBergen @TrishB I‘ll have to check it out! 👍🏻 6y

LeahBergen @TobeyTheScavengerMonk This was so my thing as a kid, too. 6y

LeahBergen @batsy I do, too! 6y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts 😘😘 6y

rubyslippersreads I put this on my TBR list when you posted a year ago, and I still haven't read it. 😂 6y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads It‘s so good! 6y

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LeahBergen

Moondial | Helen Cresswell

And I'm starting another old(er) British children's book. A young girl goes to spend the summer with her aunt at a National Trust house and discovers a moondial that allows her to travel back in time. (I just found out that there's a 1980s BBC series based on it!)

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Have you read this one? 7y

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I'm entranced by the cover! Excited to hear how you like it (might even track down a copy for myself) 7y

rockpools Squeeee moment here. 💕I loved the TV series- the idea of a moondial, the girl in the hood... And I had no idea it was Helen Cresswell - she wrote the Bagthorpes, which were very silly and my brother's favourite books growing up. 7y

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JennyM I watched this as a kid and it's a great story! X (edited) 7y

Imagineannie That sounds like something I would love. 7y

LauraBeth Oh I'm all in 😀 7y

Lacythebookworm 1980s BBC series, you say? 🙌❤😊 7y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen No, but it sounds right up my alley. 😀❤️ 7y

LauraBrook Oh my god, hello, wheelhouse! I've got to hunt down a copy pronto!!! 7y

LeahBergen @thegirlwiththelibrarybag It's so good! 7y

LeahBergen @RachelO I will need to look those up! 7y

LeahBergen @JennyM I'm loving it! 7y

LeahBergen @Imagineannie It's so good! 7y

LeahBergen @LauraBeth It's perfect for my post-Xmas slump. 😀 7y

LeahBergen @Lacythebookworm I know, right?! 7y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Thought so! I would have ADORED this as a kid. 💗 7y

LeahBergen @LauraBrook It's so good! 7y

JennyM @LeahBergen yey! 7y

thegirlwiththelibrarybag The new cover isn't as pretty but the used copies on eBay are about the same as a new copy from book depository 🤔 7y

LeahBergen @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I actually bought this one on Abe for cheap (and it's signed by the author!). Sometimes the old ones are the way to go. 😀 7y

tpixie Fun! 7y

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, score! eBay ones are paperbacks of dubious quality.... 7y

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