![]() ![]() I began to imagine exactly what that would be like. I thought of my home and the coolness of the river and how lovely it would be to go in the canoe. ![]() 'It was a hot summer and the hospital was boring and stuffy. During a long spell in hospital with TB, she drew on those memories to create her first book Minnow on the Say. Philippa has vivid memories of her childhood. ![]() On Saturday afternoons, we used to creep into the the mill by a secret way and play among the bulging sacks, and hide.' 'Although there wasn't much cash we had lots of space,' remembers Philippa, 'We had a canoe, we swam, we fished with net and with rod, we skated on flooded water meadows. The family lived in the Mill House on the upper reaches of the River Cam. ![]() Philippa Pearce was the youngest of four children of a flour-miller. Jobs: Civil servant, radio scriptwriter & producer, book editor, reviewer, lecturer, authorįirst Book for young people: Minnow on the Say, 1955 Critics praise her genius in seeing the world through a child's eye and tapping into the fear, isolation and strong emotions of childhood. She has created a string of classic titles, including Tom's Midnight Garden, Minnow on the Say and The Battle of Bubble and Squeak. Philippa Pearce is considered one of the outstanding children's writers of the twentieth century. ![]()
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