The Magic Pin - Softcover

Forbus, Ina B.

 
9781099885860: The Magic Pin

Synopsis

KIRKUS REVIEWNellie makes a forthright and friendly heroine as a set of adventures befalls her after she, seventh granddaughter of a seventh granddaughter, inherits a tiny golden horseshoe which will only work its charms under these circumstances. Unaware of anything special when Grandpa gives her the pin, Nellie is taken by surprise when the farm animals start talking to her. When they become her friends, small improvements around the farm and Nellie makes a forthright and friendly heroine as a set of adventures befalls her after she, seventh granddaughter of a seventh granddaughter, inherits a tiny golden horseshoe which will only work its charms under these circumstances. Unaware of anything special when Grandpa gives her the pin, Nellie is taken by surprise when the farm animals start talking to her. When they become her friends, small improvements around the farm and Grandpa's gristmill begin to be felt, but by far the biggest action is taken after a flood when Nellie, warned by the animals, is able to save a neighbour's boy. Neither pretentious nor precious, this is a fine family story for reading along too

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ISBN 10:  0670450170 ISBN 13:  9780670450176
Publisher: Viking Juvenile, 1956
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