The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: The Whispering Knights1400 Headwords

By Clare West and Penelope Lively

UK

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0194791947
• ISBN13: 9780194791946
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Thirty five years later, it's still a beautiful book

At the ripe old age of 46 I've come across this book, squirreled amongst the group of items I've kept since childhood. I last read it when I was 12, in 1972, when PL had written only one other book. I can understand why this is the only book I chose to keep from my childhood. Beautiful imagery and a powerful use of words that I found fascinating even then. The children seem a little 'old fashioned' now, but the story itself holds firm. My 8 year old son is loving it. I only hope the now fragile and yellow pages will last the distance.

My favourite story

This is a wonderful story of three children, who inadvertantly bring Morgan le Fay back into power. Based in Oxfordshire, it utilises a famous stone circle, the Whispering Knights.Written in the typical Lively easy to read style, it's a great children's story with a good mix of magic and modern sensibilities. It has long been one of my favourites and still gets a re-read even though I'm 20 years past the demographic.