The magic fishbone : romance from the pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, aged seven

Date:

[1953]

Author:

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH D548 M34 1953 LOCAL

Publisher:

Vanguard Press

Abstract:

King Watkins the First is the father of the lovely and kind-hearted Princess Alicia and a tribe of eighteen other darlings. Between their money problems, the queen's illness, and the children's boisterous doings, the king and his eldest daughter are fairly overwhelmed by responsibilities. But a chance meeting with a good fairy at the fishmonger brings a bit of magic into their lives and leads the entire family toward health and happiness.

Physical Description:

34 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:

Special Collections' copies has dust jacket LOCAL

Curator Notes:

Vanguard, c 1953, with dust jacket; text 1st appeared serially in Our Young Folks (v.4 , March 1868) as part two of Holiday Romance; two copies (one inscribed Oct. 1953); front cover titles, design and vignette printed in red, blue, white and black on yellow paper-coverd boards

Subjects:

Fairy godmothers Juvenile fiction, Princesses Juvenile fiction, Fathers and daughters Juvenile fiction, Brothers and sisters Juvenile fiction, Wishes Juvenile fiction, Poverty Juvenile fiction, Weddings Juvenile fiction, Kings and rulers Juvenile fiction, Wit and humor, Juvenile, Children's stories, English 19th century, Princesses Fiction, Fairy tales, Humorous stories, Brothers and sisters, Fairy godmothers, Fathers and daughters, Kings and rulers, Poverty, Princesses, Weddings, Wishes, and Wit and humor, Juvenile

Genres/Forms:

Humorous fiction, Fairy tales, Fairy tales. lcgft, Humorous fiction. lcgft, Picture books, Fairy tales. gsafd, Humorous fiction. gsafd, Fiction, Juvenile works, Fairy tales 1953. rbgenr, and Dust jackets (Bindings) 1953. rbbin