Mrs. Molesworth
The Cuckoo Clock
The Cuckoo Clock
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An enchanted clock, a lonely child, and a doorway into impossible worlds.
Young Griselda arrives at an old country house where strict routines and unfamiliar rooms leave her feeling alone. Then the carved cuckoo clock speaks. Guided by its mysterious bird, she enters the Country of the Nodding Mandarins, Butterfly-Land, and even the other side of the moon—discovering friendship, patience, and wonder along the way.
Mrs. Molesworth’s 1877 fantasy is a gentle, imaginative children’s classic. This edition preserves Walter Crane’s original illustrations in a clean, reflowable EPUB that works on phones, tablets, and e-readers.
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“Once upon a time in an old town, in an old street, there stood a very old house. Such a house as you could hardly find nowadays, however you searched, for it belonged to a gone-by time—a time now quite passed away. It stood in a street, but yet it was not like a town house, for though the front opened right on to the pavement, the back windows looked out upon a beautiful, quaintly terraced garden.”
Best for: confident young readers, family read-alouds, collectors of classic fantasy, and admirers of Walter Crane illustration.
Format: Illustrated reflowable EPUB · Language: English · Digital product: no physical item will be shipped. Your private download link is sent after checkout.
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