{"product_id":"the-wind-on-the-moon-paperback","title":"The Wind on the Moon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Linklater\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicolas Bentley\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Carnegie Medal winner, this delightful fantasy will appeal to children who love \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the English village of Midmeddlecum, Major Palfrey asks his two daughters to behave themselves while he is off at war. Sighing, Dinah says, \"I think that we are quite likely to be bad, however hard we try not to be,\" and her sister, Dorinda, adds helpfully, \"Very often, when we think we are behaving well, some grown-up person says we are really quite bad. It's difficult to tell which is which.\" Sure enough, the mischievous sisters soon convince a judge that minds must be changed as often as socks, stage an escape from the local zoo (thanks to a witch's potion that turns them into kangaroos), and--in the company of a golden puma and silver falcon--set off to rescue their father from the tyrant of Bombardy. A tale of hilarity and great adventure, \u003ci\u003eThe Wind on the Moon \u003c\/i\u003eis also a work of high seriousness; after all, \"life without freedom,\" as the valiant puma makes clear, \"is a poor, poor thing.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Linklater \u003c\/b\u003e(1899-1974) wrote scores of novels for adults and children. He also was a journalist in India, commander of a wartime fortress in the Orkney Islands, and rector of Aberdeen University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNicolas Bentley \u003c\/b\u003e(1907-1978) drew the pictures for the first edition of T. S. Eliot's \u003ci\u003eOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.5 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700823986239,"sku":"9781681371030","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e6b5b0619cbfe047b47065f314cd4bdb.webp?v=1765018300","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-wind-on-the-moon-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}