Little Downy: The History of a Field-Mouse
by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill
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About This Book
Since its last printing in 1855, Catharine Parr Traill’s Little Downy: The Story of a Field Mouse, has been available only to adults intrepid enough to enter the rare books section of the library or rich enough to spend hundreds of dollars on (and lucky enough to find) an original edition. Now Winding Trail Press, of Embrun Ontario, has restored the work to its rightful readers – children.The revisions included breaking the story into chapters (it was 12,000 words with no breaks), breaking up the sentences (Traill favoured semi-colons and one sentence paragraphs), and adding new illustrations....
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