Literary agent for children's books
LAURA CECIL
Familiar and Haunting : Collected Stories by Philippa Pearce
Age range: 10 plus
A collection of thirty-seven stories previously published in books or magazines, including tales of animals, ghosts, and everyday life.
Peopled with vivid, unforgettable characters, these stories are by turns mysterious, humorous, strange, and sad, but they are always familiar, always haunting, and always surprising.
“Pearce demonstrates her masterful delineation of a territory she has made particularly her own. This child-centred territory is peopled by grandparents, widows and widowers, mysterious neighbors, houses soaked in story, loners and ghosts. The stories are atmospheric, literally: the air in Pearce’s world is filled with wind, birdsong, and, most especially, tension.”
THE HORN BOOK (Starred review)
“Pearce’s work throughout Familiar and Haunting resonates with clarity and awareness. Who would not return to haunt the world as she has drawn it?
It’s a world teeming with complexity, wondrous in sad and happy ways.”
WCM RIVERBANK REVIEW.
“Evocative language, interesting characters and situations form a collection
of tales by a master storyteller.”
BANK STREET COLLEGE : The Best Children’s Books of The Year 2002
"This delightful collection is one that readers will return to again and again."
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
"Fans of Philippa Pearce will savor each of the 37 tales"
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rights : Laura Cecil
Publishers:
US : Greenwillow