Linnets and valerians

Elizabeth Goudge

Original title: Linnets and Valerians

earliest edition we have, 1981 Knight, 1989 272 pages

Gregg Press children's literature series

The four Linnet children: Nan, Robert, Timothy and Betsy are sent to live with their strict grandmother while their father travels to Egypt. Locked away in separate rooms as punishment by their ruthless grandmother, the Linnets feel at once that their new life is unbearable—and decide to make their escape—out of the house, out of the garden and into the village. Commandeering a pony and trap, the children and their d...

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Editions we hold

Linnets and Valerians edition · 2001 · Puffin Books · 146 pages
The Runaways paperback · 1996 · Hodder Children's Books · 9780340779002
The Runaways paperback · 1996 · Hodder & Stoughton, Limited · 224 pages · 9780340681664
Linnets and Valerians edition · 1992 · Yearling · 9780440405900
Linnets and valerians edition · 1989 · Knight · 272 pages
Linnets and Valerians edition · 1985 · Avon Books · 9780380019342
Linnets and Valerians edition · 1981 · Gregg Press · 290 pages

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