Puck looked down the meadow that lay all quiet and cool in the shadow of Pook's Hill. A corncrake jarred in a hay-field near by, and the small trouts of the brook began to jump. A big white moth flew unsteadily from the alders and flapped round the children's heads, . · 'Puck of Pook's Hill' is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in , containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. Verified Purchase. Puck of Pook's Hill () is Rudyard Kipling's paean to England and history and youth, as Puck, "the oldest Old Thing in England," introduces to two children, siblings Dan and Una, various figures and events from throughout three thousand or so years of British history. The first of the ten tales in the book features Puck's account of the advent, worship, and end of pagan Gods in /5(45).
Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling () was born in India but came to England as a child. He is perhaps best remembered for his children's books Just So Stories and The Jungle Book, and for his novel bltadwin.ru Sedgwick is an award-winning children's author whose books include The Book of Dead Days, Revolver, and Midwinterblood, which won the Michael L. Printz Award from the ALA. Magical Classics: "Puck of Pook's Hill" by Rudyard Kipling John Dickinson on the midsummer magic of Kipling's children's classic: Two children, Dan and Una, perform a scene from Midsummer Night's Dream three times on midsummer eve, in a fairy ring under the shadow of Pook's Hill. Puck looked down the meadow that lay all quiet and cool in the shadow of Pook's Hill. A corncrake jarred in a hay-field near by, and the small trouts of the brook began to jump. A big white moth flew unsteadily from the alders and flapped round the children's heads, and the least little haze of water-mist rose from the brook.
Puck of Pook's Hill is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in , containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy – since some of the stories told of the past have clear magical elements, and as contemporary fantasy – since it depicts a magical being active and practising his magic in the England of the early s when the book was written. The stories are all narrated to two children living near. Verified Purchase. Puck of Pook's Hill () is Rudyard Kipling's paean to England and history and youth, as Puck, "the oldest Old Thing in England," introduces to two children, siblings Dan and Una, various figures and events from throughout three thousand or so years of British history. The first of the ten tales in the book features Puck's account of the advent, worship, and end of pagan Gods in Britain, focusing on one in particular, Weland, Smith of the Nordic Gods. Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. Puck of Pook's Hill is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in , containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history.
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