Description: MATTHEW and the SEA SINGER Written by Jill Paton Walsh and illustrated by Alan Marks. Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York. Copyright 1992; “First American Edition, 1993” is stated with the copyright information on the rear pastedown. “On the day that Birdy rescued Matthew from his orphan master, she could not know that he was blessed with a voice of priceless beauty. But the following morning, she discovered him singing by the hearth, and took him to the parson to see what he could make of Matthew’s enchanting, untaught songs. It was under the parson’s care that Matthew really learned to sing.And on Sundays, when the townspeople filled the church at Zennor, the sea birds fell silent, too, hoping to catch the faint sounds of Matthew’s voice. Then Matthew mysteriously disappeared, and even Birdy wasn’t sure that she could save him this time.” From Wikipedia: Gillian Paton Walsh, Baroness Hemingford, CBE, FRSL (29 April 1937 – 18 October 2020) was an English novelist and children's writer. She may be known best for her Booker prize-nominated novel Knowledge of Angels and the Peter Wimsey–Harriet Vane mysteries that have completed and continued the work of Dorothy Sayers. In an essay on realism in children's literature, Paton Walsh stated that realism (like fantasy) is also metaphorical, and that she would like the relationship between the reader and her characters Bill and Julie to be as metaphorical as that between "dragons and the reader's greed or courage". DESCRIPTION: 46 pages 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches first edition hardcover with dustjacket CONDITION: Near fine condition with a fine dust jacket. Other than some black marker initials on the front pastedown, this hard-cover book and its dust jacket are in fine nearly new condition. BECAUSE MEDIA RATE SHIPPING IS FREE ON THE BOOKS I SELL, COMBINE THIS WITH OTHER ITEMS FROM MY EBAY STORE. I AM AN EXPERIENCED EBAY SELLER (23+ YEARS) AND SHIPPER WITH 100% (always!--since 1997!) FEEDBACK RATING. ALL ITEMS ARE CAREFULLY AND SECURELY PACKED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DANGER OF CRUSHING AND OR WATER/MOISTURE DAMAGE. ALL BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN STURDY BOXES WITH TRACKING AND DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED. I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE ALL OF THE BOOKS, AUTOGRAPHS AND SIGNATURES ON BOOKS I SELL.
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Year Printed: 1993
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Children
Binding: Hardcover
Region: North America
Illustrator: Alan Marks
Author: Jill Paton Walsh
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
