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  • Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love

    and other writings

    by Miss Read ...
    Series series
    A nostalgic collection on rural schools, childhood and English country life from the much-loved author of VILLAGE SCHOOL.From organising the school summer fete...'Because of our inability to recognise our climatic shortcomings from the outset, arrangements for outdoor jollities get completely out of hand'....to the sometimes rather odd passions of childhood:'I collect stones with holes in them' ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Caxley Chronicles

    The Market Square and the Howards of Caxley

    by Miss Read ...
    Two novels following the intertwined lives of a pair of English families through the world wars, by the beloved author of the Fairacre series.Set in the quiet country town neighboring the village of Fairacre, The Caxley Chronicles follow two families, the Howards and the Norths, through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. The first novel, The Market Square, portrays the deep-rooted ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Village School

    by Miss Read ...
    The first novel in the beloved Fairacre series, Village School introduces us to the remarkable schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of students, who, with a mixture of skinned knees and smiles, are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens...Welcome to the English village of Fairacre: a handful of thatch-roofed cottages, a church, the school, the promise of fair weather, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Friends at Thrush Green

    by Miss Read ...
    Series series Thrush Green
    It's spring in Thrush Green - but the new season brings far more than the villagers anticipate...Thrush Green is buzzing with gossip, which everyone is keen to share with two ex-schoolteachers, who have returned to visit their friends in the village.The old schoolhouse has just been sold, and the villagers are eager to welcome the new owners, the Lesters. Alan Lester seems to be perfectly pleasant ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Winter in Thrush Green

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 2 - Thrush Green Series
    A retired bachelor's arrival brings changes to a Cotswolds village: "There is never a dull moment in Thrush Green." — The New York Times Book ReviewDistinguished bachelor Harold Shoosmith has retired to the English village of Thrush Green. But while he plans to enter a peaceful new stage of life, his arrival stirs ripples of excitement in the small community. Before he knows it, he's enmeshed in ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Village School

    The first novel in the Fairacre series

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 1 - Fairacre
    The very first Miss Read novel - set in a charming 1950s English countryside community, perfect nostalgia for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE or Gervase Phinn.'An affectionate, humorous and gently charming chronicle ... sometimes funny, sometimes touching, always appealing' New York TimesFairacre is a village of cottages, a church and the school - and at the heart of the school, its headmistress, Miss ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Country Christmas

    Village Christmas, Jingle Bells, Christmas At Caxley 1913, The Fairacre Ghost

    by Miss Read ...
    A wonderfully nostalgic collection of Christmas tales from the enduringly popular Miss Read.'Miss Read so understands and loves the country and can write so tenderly and humorously about the minutiae of village life without distortion or sentimentality' TLS'Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, always appealing' New York TimesTaken from the original omnibus CHRISTMAS AT FAIRACRE, Miss Read's ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre

    A Novel

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 17 - The Beloved Fairacre Series
    There's no pleasing Mrs. Pringle—and everyone in Fairacre knows it. "Miss Read's novels are sheer delight" ( Chicago Tribune).Miss Read is certain of one thing—she won't be forced to hire grumpy Mrs. Pringle to straighten up her house. Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre chronicles the life of the beloved but curmudgeonly school cleaner through the stories of her fellow villagers. Readers will delight in the ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thrush Green

    The classic nostalgic novel set in 1950s Cotswolds

    by Miss Read ...
    Series series Thrush Green
    The first novel in the bestselling Thrush Green series.It's the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green.The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair. For young Paul, just recovered from an illness, it is a joy to be allowed out to play at the fair; for Ruth, who returned to the soothing tranquillity of Thrush Green nursing a broken heart, the ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Christmas Mouse

    by Miss Read ...
    A heart-warming tale of an unexpected Christmas visitor...Taken from CHRISTMAS AT FAIRACRE, a delightfully nostalgic festive tale from the ever-popular Miss Read.The last few years have been very difficult for Mrs Berry, her widowed daughter and two grandchildren. But with Christmas almost upon them, Mrs Berry hopes the festive season will work its magic and life will begin to improve for everyone ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Tiggy

    by Miss Read ...
    An enchanting true story about a cat who came to stay by the bestselling author of the Fairacre series.'Never again,' they said, when their beloved cat was run down on the busy road near the cottage where they lived.But they hadn't reckoned on Tiggy. A stray cat fiercely protective of her kittens, Tiggy was soon befriended by Miss Read - although it took some time before Tiggy allowed her kittens ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Celebrations at Thrush Green

    by Miss Read ...
    Series series Thrush Green
    A celebration causes trouble in the village of Thrush Green...A major, double celebration is planned in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green: the village school is in its centenary year; and exactly a hundred years ago, one of the village's most notable residents founded a mission school in Africa.But the preparations are beset with problems - Winnie Bailey's health is not what it was; the new ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD