Story Book
4 primary works • 7 total works
Book 23
Book 40
Book 50
Book 55
The gift from Winklesea had come into the lives of the Kane family like a shooting star, brushed their lives with magic and vanished. Now that the Gift has gone, Dan and Mary spend hours talking about him. If only they can work out a plan to go to Winklesea they might find him. Uncle Fred offers Dan the best birthday presents ever, and the search for the Gift is on. This sequel to A Gift from Winklesea answers some of the questions many readers have asked about what happened to the Gift, but tells a new and magical story about this most endearing and unusual pet.
A contemporary girl plays a "game of catch" with two children from an eighteenth-century painting.
Every day Harriet's father is out at sea with the shrimping fleet, while she hunts for shrimps in the rock pools. Until one day, suddenly there are no shrimps. Out collecting shells, Harriet meets a stranger - the mysterious sea piper. Perhaps he holds the key? Harriet must persuade him to help.
Dan and Mary find the perfect present for their mother in the shop at the seaside, an egg-shaped stone with "A Gift from Winklesea" written on it. One day it hatches and out comes an amazing creature. This book contains a story about the adventures that Dan and Mary have with him.
Out of the sea comes an enchanted creature - a tiny horse of purest white with hooves of brightest gold. Molly knows he is far to precious to keep, but the local townspeople lock the magical horse in a cage and throw away the key. Only Molly can find a way to release him back to the sea.