Nesbit, E

An autobiographical account by the author of "The Railway Children" and other children's books, in which she describes a childhood spent sometimes within the security of her family and sometimes apart from them in schools she detested.

In Father's absence the Bastable children try to liven up their Christmas by making a fancy Christmas pudding.

When their father is sent away to prison, three London children move to the country where they keep busy preventing accidents on the nearby railway, making many new friends, and generally learning a good deal about themselves.

A collection of nine tales in which children outwit an assortment of dragons.