Mrs Pinny and the Blowing Day
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Mrs Pinny and the Blowing Day
Shirley Hughes
A re-issue of Helen Morgan's 1968 fantasy about the adventures inflicted on a village washerwoman by a puckish wind. The description of an idyllic rural day and its disruption is sung in a style which shifts between poetry and prose. Almost every line is loaded with rhyme and rhythm, assonance and alliteration. The result is a language-loving rhapsody with a strong and simple story at its core. Read it aloud so your listeners can enjoy the mingling of imagery and melody. Shirley Hughes' illustrations provide an appropriate counterpoint.