Floating Island (novel)

Not to be confused with The Floating Island, a 2006 novel.
Floating Island
Author Anne Parrish
Illustrator Anne Parrish
Country USA
Language English
Genre Children's literature
Published 1930
Publisher Harper & Brothers
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 265
OCLC 1654627

Floating Island is a 1930 children's novel written and illustrated by Anne Parrish.

Plot summary

It tells the story of a family of dolls shipwrecked on an uninhabited tropical island, together with their dollhouse.

Reception

The Horn Book Magazine described Floating Island as "... one of those books so whimsically compounded that its like happens rarely." and went on "There are many people who can write a fine story of adventure, history or everyday life, but how many can write an Alice or a Story of Dr. Dolittle? It is this last kind of book which Anne Parrish has made."[1]

Awards

1931 Newbery Honor[2]

References

  1. Bertha E. Mahony (Miller) (1959). Norma R. Fryatt, ed. The Honey Heart of Earth: In the books of Anne and Dillwyn Parrish from A Horn Book Sampler On Children S Books And Reading Selected From Twenty Five Years Of The Horn Book Magazine 1924 1948. The Horn Book. pp. 3–7. ISBN 978-08-7675030-8. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2009-12-30.


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