Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A collection of thirteen tales by Joan Aiken. She can be scary (everyone knows her fascination with wolves and witches) and poetic (as in "Moonshine in the Mustard Pot" or "The Lilac in the Lake"). But whatever she sets her hand to, it is the work of a master. And set against the lovely and luminous pencil drawings of Pamela Johnson, we have a a baker's dozen of magical tales that will stay with readers long after the last page is turned and the lights turned out.
Table of Contents
Boy with a wolf's foot -- Gift pig -- Rain child -- Night the stars were gone -- Moonshine in the mustard pot -- Cat's cradle -- Small pinch of weather -- Lilac in the lake -- Rocking donkey -- King who stood all night -- Cooks and prophecies -- John Sculpin and the witches -- Wolves and the mermaids.