Miss Happiness and Miss Flower (9 page)

The Fairy Doll

Little Plum

For older readers

The Greengage Summer

The Peacock Spring

My thanks are due to Edmund Waller, who designed the Japanese dolls’ house described in this book, and who with his brother Geoffrey, aged twelve,
made it; to Fiona Fife-Clark, aged eleven, who furnished it, painted the scrolls and lampshade and sewed the dolls’-house quilts and cushions; to Miss Anne Ashberry and Miss Creina Glegg, of
Miniature Gardens Ltd, Chignal-Smealey, Essex, who made its garden and grew the tiny trees; to Miss Stella Coe (Sogetsu Ryu) for her advice over the meaning of flowers in Japanese lore and for
reading the book; and finally and especially to Mr Seo of the Japanese Embassy, for his valuable help and advice and for the loan of books.

First published 1961 by Macmillan

This edition published 2008 by Macmillan Children’s Books

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Text copyright © Rumer Godden 1961
Illustrations copyright Gary Blythe 2006

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