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    THE NEW-YEAR'S BARGAIN - A Children's Fantasy Story (Illustrated)
    THE NEW-YEAR'S BARGAIN - A Children's Fantasy Story (Illustrated)
    THE NEW-YEAR'S BARGAIN - A Children's Fantasy Story (Illustrated)
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    THE NEW-YEAR'S BARGAIN - A Children's Fantasy Story (Illustrated)

    By Susan Coolidge and Illustrated by Addie Ledyard

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    The “New Year’s Bargain” by Susan Coolidge is a lovely children's story with charming illustrations throughout by Addie Ledyard, first published in 1871 and again in  1884.

    The story takes place in the Black Forest in Germany where two little children, Max and Thekla, come across Time creating the months of the year out of small moments. Max is unable to resist taking some moments for himself, and when the months come to demand their time back, he bargains with them to tell he and Thekla a story each month and to bring them a present. The stories have a mythical aura while still maintaining a Victorian sensibility about women's roles and dead children. Even so, it is still a fascinating read. To be read to children by adults and scholars of children's literature should definitely take a look.

    The 13 chapters of this book are:
    I.          The Bargain with the Months.
    II.         The Bear Story.
    III.       Little Tot.
    IV.       “Maria”.
    V.        May’s Garden.
    VI.       The Little Housekeepers.
    VII.      The Last of the Fairies.
    VIII.     The Story of a Little Spark.
    IX.       The Desert Island.
    X.         Nippie Nutcracker.
    XI.       “Chusey”.
    XII.      How the Cat kept Christmas.
    Conclusion.—What was on the Tree?
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    AUTHOR BIO: Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835-1905), an American children's author best known for her classic novel What Katy Did (1872) and its sequels. The Carr family of the Katy series were modelled on her own family, with the character of Katy inspired by herself, and the brothers and sisters by her younger siblings. Born into a wealthy and influential family, she worked as a nurse during the American Civil War, after which she started to write. She never married and resided at the family home in Newport, Rhode Island until her death.
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    TABS/KEYWORDS: The New Years Bargain, Max, Thekla, folklore, fairy tale, fairytale, myth, legend, fable, storyteller, narrator, Little one, child, children’s,  cried, old. Good, great, come ye away, voices, poor, Grandfather, woods, forest,  April, Dotty, cat, brown, hair, girls, boy, march September, red, August, fairy, squirrel, wild, friends, brother, snow, November, sun, turkey, sketch, laughter, flowers, December, Greedy, boat, Bargain, Months, Bear, Little Tot, Maria, May, Little Housekeepers, Last of the Fairies, Little Spark, Desert Island, Nippie Nutcracker, Chusey, Christmas, Conclusio, What was on the Tree
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbela Publishing
    Release dateApr 1, 2020
    ISBN9788835399308
    THE NEW-YEAR'S BARGAIN - A Children's Fantasy Story (Illustrated)
    Author

    Susan Coolidge

    Susan Coolidge was born Sarah Chauncey Woolsey in 1835 in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War, after which she began to write. She lived with her parents in their house in Rhode Island until she died.

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