Title: The Summer Birds
Title Record # 18522
Author: Penelope Farmer
Date: 1962-03-28
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Series: Emma / Charlotte
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Penelope Farmer
Date: 1962-03-28
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Series: Emma / Charlotte
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note:
Full review: NY Herald Tribune 1962-05-13 pI20 (unsigned, extra positive)
Synopsis:
"Charlotte, Emma and the rest of their [English village day-school] class-mates enter through a friendship with a strange and wonderful bird-boy who teaches them to fly. ... As summer merges into autumn the children learn of his special mission and are faced with the most difficult choice of their lives, -- to fly off forever or face the task of growing up."
--Kirkus Reviews 1962 (undated online)
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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Honorable Mentions ⓘReceived the designation "Commended". Data from Wikipedia since the official Carnegie Medal Web site only lists the winners for works prior to 2010.
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1962 Carnegie | Carnegie Medal |
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Summer Birds | 1962-00-00 | Penelope Farmer | Chatto & Windus | 12/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
156 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| The Summer Birds | 1962-03-28 | Penelope Farmer | Harcourt, Brace & World | $2.95?$: US dollar |
155 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| The Summer Birds | 1985-00-00 | Penelope Farmer | The Bodley Head | 0-370-30822-0 | 107 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| The Summer Birds | 1987-06-00 | Penelope Farmer | Dell Yearling | 0-440-47737-9 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
102 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Chuck Pyle |