An enchanting book. These pages simply quiver with the beauty, happiness and vigour of forests, seas and mountains . . . I can safely promise joy to any reader of it. Perfection Eleanor Farjeon, Winner of the Carnegie Medal and The Hans Christian Andersen AwardDiscover this extraordinary lost classic of nature writing a fable about wildness and the desire to escape beautifully illustrated by beloved artist and The Lost Words creator Jackie MorrisMiraculous a fearless odyssey into a dreamtime of wildness and enchantment. Gloriously illuminated by Jackie Morriss moving art, this is a work of strange power for our own bewildered times Nick DrakeLittle Eepersip doesnt want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live in the wild first in the Meadow, then by the Sea, and finally in the Mountain. Her heartbroken parents follow her at first, bringing her back home to safety and locking her up in the stifling square of the house. But she slips away once more, following her wild heart out of the door and far away...Barbara Newhall Follett was just thirteen years old when she published The House Without Windows in 1927. The book went on to become a millioncopy bestseller. Years later, as an adult herself, Barbara followed in the footsteps of her radical heroine dissatisfied with the limitations of life as a respectable married woman, she walked out of her house one day and simply disappeared.Penguin are delighted to republish Barbara Newhall...

Binding: Paperback;240 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: YFA; Weight: 316 g; Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 23

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