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I found it ok, nowhere near The Princess and the Goblin. Nothing new to say.

Here‘s the mystery, though. In 7th grade I won a writing contest at school, and the prize was a hardback edition of this (I think). Well, that copy is not in my house, but more surprisingly, seems not to be at my parents‘ house. Now it‘s bugging mom and me - where the hell did it go? Hence the hoopla copy here. Someday when I get to visit again mom and I will find it!

“you‘re as good to your mother as if you were a girl—nursing the baby, and toasting the bread, and sweeping up the hearth!”

Yep, only girls could actually be expected to be useful and considerate. Product of its times but 🙄.

Gotta say, I don‘t really like the mother in this. Sometimes she‘s great, and then she‘s calling her kid “you darling stupid!” because he doesn‘t understand the mess she‘s trying to say to him.

I knew it. The whole time I was reading. You can really tell MacDonald's Christian beliefs in this one. An allegory to rival Lewis, Bunyan, and Carroll. Diamond was too pure and innocent to stay in a sinful earth. Having read The Book Thief, I wonder if Zusak had read this. Beautiful end papers. Beautiful story if you don't mind the moral teachings. @TheBookHippie it was very unlike The Princess and the Goblin. #ChildrensClassics2021

One reviewer said readers either adored, despised, DNF‘d or found this book oddly comforting. I‘m going with the latter! Yes, there were many digressions & nonsensical twists.(No wonder it was first serialized in a kid‘s magazine.)But Diamond‘s mystical encounters with the North Wind were utterly mesmerizing. I couldn‘t wait for more! Plus Diamond captured my heart with his curious & compassionate nature.
@TheBookHippie
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Fun Author Fact: MacDonald was appointed minister of Trinity Congregational Church, Arundel, 1850, after briefly serving as a locum minister in Ireland. However, his sermons—which preached God‘s universal love and that everyone was capable of redemption —met with little favour and his salary was cut in half. He resigned a short time later.

#CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2021 MARCH

Looking forward to it 🤍🤍🤍

I love this sweet story about Diamond and his travels with the North Wind. I also love this old edition of mine! #readingresolutions #north

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'Only he knew that to be left alone was not always to be forsaken'

In case you noticed, my last three book posts have been pallete themed as I'm also taking part in a monthly book challenge over on Instagram, and the tag was grey book ombré.
Turns out I have more grey books that I thought I did ?

This is one of my favourite books of all time. Lyrical poetic and transcendent, it explore through a magical children's story the concepts of life after death, dealing with loss and grief, the nature of belief and the interconnected nature of small acts in our lives.
Literally everyone should read this classic at least once

There's a small stack of books waiting to be read, but this is my #SeptemberMostAnticipated Since I'm still quite busy I will most likely not have much time to #FallintoBooks but I'll try ☺️
This is a detail from one of the illustrations of my #FolioSociety edition. I found this little girl so charming ♥️

For #FolioFriday, my newest treasures. (They took off their slipcases for the photo. 😄) #FolioFreaks #FolioSociety

Some secondhand finds this weekend...

'The church grew very lonely about him, and he began to feel like a child whose mother has forsaken it. Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken.'

#classics #folio #foliosociety

hauntingly beautiful tale, half fairy-story , half life and death allegory. Stunningly written and with that rare quality in books that there is barely a page throughout that doesn't contain at least one stunning phrase or lyrical use of language. It's a masterpiece to me 💕
#classics #folio #foliosociety

Currently reading this little treasure by George Macdonald. So far, it's such a beautiful little story that strongly reminds me of The Little Prince.

I was convinced I didn't have anything for today's prompt but the I remembered the two #diamonds on this children's classic. Diamond the boy and Diamond the horse. #lyricalapril

I've got an eclectic mix of genres and #weather here! #aprilbookshowers

I couldn't find any particularly #weather related books and then I remembered this beauty 😢💔 #aprilbookshowers

I couldn't choose just one #childprotagonist (even if there were fewer on my shelves than I thought) so here are Little Nell, Diamond and Cassandra. #photoadaynov16

Though I appreciate the themes MacDonald was writing about in his "children's fantasy", it wasn't a favorite. It lacked the adventure of his work "The Princess and the Goblin" and often felt too preachy and Victorian. Interesting as an early example of the genre, but it shows its age.

The Focus on the Family Radio Theater presentation of this story is outstanding. The story is beautifully mysterious and peacefully tragic. My 11 year old compared the sadness to that of The Last Battle.