Towing Path Tales - Holloway, Beatrice

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Résumé :
Three stories in one book! How great is that! The first story, 'A Towing Path Tale' is about a boy, Bert Smith whose best friend is Princess, a horse. Princess rescues Bert from dangerous situations: BUT is she real? Another story about Bert. 'Different Sorts of Lessons' is about a strict authoritarian school and Bert, who's not used to this, is not likely to put up with it! A dangerous situation gains him a friend. 'One Christmas' A Christmas Eve stroll through Brentford and Bert is lost. He values his warm coat and is set upon by thieves determined to steal it, but a friend from the past intervenes. Occasionally local dialect has been used to add authenticity to the story.

Biographie:
This is the fourth of Beatrice's adult books. Her other books titles are: A Man from the North East, Elusive Destiny and Archie's Children. Beatrice has also written a number of children's books including three telling of the adventures of a boy's life on the canals during the early twentieth century. Following these are six books about a boy's childhood in Wales during the difficult times of the 1970s. All are available as ebooks. The London Borough of Hillingdon library service has published two of her children's stories and the Hillingdon Arts Association awarded her a Certificate of merit - 'In recognition of an outstanding contribution to the Arts'. Beatrice was also awarded a Lottery Grant to write a commissioned historical play: Commoner to Coronet. Beatrice now has another five short plays published. She is a retired teacher and a member of The Society of Women Writers and Journalists and the Society of Authors. She has been a member of a local writing group - Phrase Writers - for over twenty years and is the children's storyteller for Hillingdon Narrowboats Association.

Sommaire:
Three stories in one book! How great is that! The first story, 'A Towing Path Tale' is about a boy, Bert Smith whose best friend is Princess, a horse. Princess rescues Bert from dangerous situations: BUT is she real? Another story about Bert. 'Different Sorts of Lessons' is about a strict authoritarian school and Bert, who's not used to this, is not likely to put up with it! A dangerous situation gains him a friend. 'One Christmas' A Christmas Eve stroll through Brentford and Bert is lost. He values his warm coat and is set upon by thieves determined to steal it, but a friend from the past intervenes. Occasionally local dialect has been used to add authenticity to the story....