Book 11: The Children of Green Knowe

The Children of Green Knowe by Boston is an interesting children's book set in the English countryside.  Young Toseland is invited to spend his Christmas holidays with his maternal grandmother in her castle home called Green Knowe.  As most boys would naturally do, Toseland spends part of his time exploring the house, the stables, and the grounds of the property; but he is most interested in a portrait hanging in the main room of a grandmother, mother, and three children (two boys and a girl) who had lived in the home during the 17th century and died from the Black Plague.  During the evenings, his grandmother tells him stories about each of the children.  Tolly soon finds out that the children still love to come to Green Knowe as he hears their laughter, spies them in a mirror, and finds them surrounded by their animal friends once morning under a snow covered tree.

I read this one aloud to my 8yo DS.  To be honest neither of us cared much for the idea of the ghosts of the children still playing at Green Knowe.  The stories about the children are quite interesting and are probably the most interesting part of the book.  It was a nice story, but not a favorite at least for us.