The Creatures Of Number

Number Is The Home Of The Stout Priest And His Dog Abey, And Of His Niece And Nephew In Their School HolidaysThe Children Are From The City And Visit Whenever They Can, Because They Love The Country And The Creatures Who Live In Their Uncle's Garden And In The Field And Forest And River Close ByThis Book Is About Those CreaturesEach Chapter Is About ADifferent One, And Is AStory In ItselfBut As The Year Goes Round Chapter By Chapter, And The Creatures And Humans Reappear From Time To Time, The Whole Book Becomes ASingle Story, Which Reaches AClimax On Easter NightThe Creatures Of Number Will Delight Children, And Charm Many Adults Too All Indeed Who Remember Their Own Childhood Fondly And Have ALove Of Nature And Of Animals Wild And TameJohn Watts Began Writing Books After Retiring From ACareer In TeachingThis Is His Tenth, And His First Venture Into Children's FictionHis Previous Published Works Include Histories, ABiography And ANovelJohn Is Married And Has Six Children And Ten GrandchildrenHe Lives In Addiewell, AFormer Mining Village In West Lothian, Scotland.
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