In the dawn of time, when men fought with flint spears, there lived a boy named Crookleg. Crookleg didn't want to be a war-man. He wanted to make pictures, and so one day, when his tribe fought the Fox Folk, Crookleg ran away. He wandered through the forest, in search of a peace-loving tribe. He stayed with the River Folk, and the Red Men who lived in caves. All the time a dream was forming in his mind. Humanity was on the brink of a great step forward...
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Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Paperback. Condition: Fair. At the dawn of human existence a young boy named Crookleg has mastery over a new kind of magic. His people, deeply superstitious, curse him for they fear his magic will harm the barley crop and the community. But Crookleg finds himself not agreeing with their opinions. His magic, the ability to make pictures of animals eventually finds him cast out. When he ventures into the dangerous lands beyond his home he finds danger, a new name, starvation and eventually family. Cover worn, pages tanned. 96 pages. Seller Inventory # 1544358
Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Treece, Henry. The dream-time / illustrated by Charles Keeping ; with a postscript by Rosemary Sutcliff. Leicester: Knight Books, 1973. Paperback, Good. Illustrated covers with vertical crease to front top corner, mild shelfwear to edges and corners, and slight rubbing to spine edges. Binding strong. ownership signature to half-title. 96pp., b/w illustrations. Light foxing to edges of page block. Contents clean and bright. Henry Treece (22 December 1911 10 June 1966) was a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. He wrote a range of works but is mostly remembered as a writer of children's historical novels. Seller Inventory # ABE-1709650078516