The Favershams

by Roy Gerrard

Book Overview

Relates in rhyme the life of an English Army major, born in 1851, and his wife. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374322929
• ISBN13: 9780374322922
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

FAMILY FAVORITE

Telling the story of a gentleman and his family in Victorian England, this book charmingly combines English history, intimate family relationships, and colorful pictures. Illustrations (especially of costumes and interiors) are detailed, yet the characters are lovable. Rhyming text is excellent for reading aloud to K-3. Children want to hear it again and again, especially the part about the honeymoon: "I hope you will not think it rude, to see them paddling in the nude". (not an exact quote). The heads of the people are large, but their bodies are quite small, giving them a squished look, which children seem to like. All in all, a quiet, charming look at another time and place.