Box of Delights

John Masefield

RRP: £7.99

Publisher: EGMONT CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Publication Date : 01/09/2008

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Beautiful gift edition of this classic novel, now with illustrations by Quentin Blake. The text has been edited back to Masefield's original version, unavailable since the 1930s. Ages: 10+. It's sequel, "The Midnight Folk" is also published this month.

Publisher's description:

A magical old man has asked Kay to protect the Box of Delights, a Box with which he can travel through time. But Kay is in danger: Abner Brown will stop at nothing to get his hands on it. The police don't believe Kay, so when his family and the Bishop are scrobbled up just before Christmas, he knows he must act alone.

ISBN: 9781405232531